Reeducation of Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy by Wearing Shoes Inclined Versus Reeducation by Kinesitherapy

Chronic Disease Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Reeducation of Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy by Wearing Shoes Inclined Versus Reeducation by Kinesitherapy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02307708
• Other study ID #: RC13_0043
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 25, 2014
• Last updated: December 26, 2017
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: Nantes University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare the treatment by wearing shoes inclined at kinesitherapy because it is the first treatment offered by primary care physicians in chronic Achilles tendinopathy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 16
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: 18-75 years

• Disease: chronic Achilles tendinopathy de novo or recurrent confirmed by ultrasound

• Patients having signed the informed consent for the study participation

• Patients covered by medical insurance

• Patients having no behavioral disorders

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of rupture of the Achilles tendon (= stage 4)

• Antibiotic treatment tendinotoxique (Quinolones, ...)

• Inability to walk more than 30 minutes per day.

• Haglund Syndrome

• Treatment of tendinopathy or being older than six months

• Minors

• Major trust

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Disease
• Rupture
• Rupture of Achilles Tendon
• Rupture, Spontaneous
• Tendinopathy

Intervention

Device:
• 8° incline shoe
Wearing inclined shoes for 6 weeks, walking 15 minutes (2 times/day). The shoe is inclined from front to back and from top to bottom of 8 °. This causes a controlled and an eccentric contraction during the passage. During the walk we will have: In support tardigrade : an ankle dorsiflexion with a stretching the Achilles tendon (eccentric contractions). In support digitigrade: plantar flexion of ankle with a muscle contraction of triceps surae (concentric contraction).

Other:
• kinesitherapy
Daily eccentric contraction at home and once per week for 6 weeks with the physiotherapist

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CHU de Nantes	Nantes
France	Nouvelles cliniques Nantaises	Nantes

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nantes University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Evolution of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Score (AOFAS)		at Day 0 and 12 weeks
Secondary	Evolution of amplitude to the tibio-tarsal		at 12 weeks
Secondary	Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale		at 12 weeks