Effectiveness of EE With Vibration Versus Cryotherapy in Rectus Abdomini Muscle Thickness and Inter-recti Distance

Achilles Tendinopathy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Eccentric Exercise With a Vibration Program Versus Cryotherapy in Rectus Abdomini Muscle Thickness and Inter-recti Distance in Patients With Chronic Mid Portion Achilles Tendinopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03515148
• Other study ID #: Tendon02
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 30, 2017
• Est. completion date: January 15, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: Universidad Europea de Madrid
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determinate de efectiveness of eccentric exercise combined with vibration or cryotherapy in achilles tendinopathy and its effects on the anterior rectus abdominis muscle.

The investigators hypothesis is the combined eccentric exercise with vibration get better results than cryotherapy with eccentric exercise in rectus abdominis muscle parameters.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 61
• Est. completion date: January 15, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 15, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sports people

• Positive initial ultrasound diagnosis

• Presence of degenerative changes at achilles mid portion

• Chronic Achilles tendon pain, (3/10 VAS)

• Pain when walking or running of Achilles tendon, (3/10 VAS)

• Pain in load in plantar flexion of Achilles tendon, 3/10 VAS)

• Pain in palpation of Achilles, (3/10 VAS)

• Morning Stiffness

Exclusion Criteria:

• Receive physical, orthotic or physiotherapeutic treatment

• Asociated low back pain, ankle/knee/hip injury that may affect the study

• Previous injury or surgery of Achilles tendon.

• Pathologies that may limit the joint of ankle

• Pregnancy

• Obesity

• Patients with diabetes and/or other endocrine or metabolic pathologies or neurologic pathologies

• Patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease

• Subjets diagnosed with familiar hypercholesterolemia and/or presence of xanthomas or with hyperuricemia

• Patients who have received renal transplantation

• Subjects who have suffered retinal detachment

• Subjects who have received oral contraceptives, statins, corticoids or hormone replacement therapy in the last six months

• Subjects who have received treatment wiht fluoroquinolones in the last two years

• Subjects who have received treatment with AINE's in the last four weeks

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Achilles Tendinopathy
• Diastasis Recti
• Tendinopathy

Intervention

Procedure:
• Cryotherapy and eccentric exercise
12 weeks, 5 days/week, once a day, 2 exercise, 3 sets/execise, 15 repetition/set of eccentric exercise of foot plantar flexors First exercise with knee in extension, second exercise with knee in flexion. Previously subjects should cold their leg in ice water during sexteen minutes at a temperature of 8ºC (+/-2ºC)
• Vibration and eccentric exercise
12 weeks, 5 days/week, once a day, 2 exercise, 3 sets/execise, 15 repetition/set of eccentric exercise of foot plantar flexors First exercise with knee in extension, second exercise with knee in flexion.During the exercise subjects will be subjected to vibration. Vibrations parameters: Frequency: 35Hz, Amplitude: 4 milimeters, Force: 3,9G

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universidad Europea	Madrid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Europea de Madrid

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Inter-recti distance	Ultrasound diagnosis	3 months
Primary	Rectus abdominis thickness	Ultrasound diagnosis	3 months