Ultrasound Patellar Tendon Assessment

Ultrasonography Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ultrasound Patellar Tendon Assessment and Thermography After 448kilohertz Capacitive Resistive Radiofrequency Stimulation in a Sporty Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05497661
• Other study ID #: UGranadaPatellarTendon
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 14, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 12, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Universidad de Granada
• Contact: Maria Aguilar Garcia
• Phone: 0034665116747
• Email: maguilar.fisioterapia[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

448kilohertz capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency is a novel technique in physiotherapy and its usefulness and clinical relevance is still to be investigated at both clinical practice and also in performance. Current studies show promising results in different musculoskeletal disorders, however there no studies in the assessment of quality soft tissue in sporty population after the used of this technique.

Description:

Patellar tendon injuries is is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, presenting a high prevalence in sport populations. Many factors have been proposed as the cause of pain and dysfunction, however there are no studies analysing possibilities of preventing patellar tendon injuries by using a radiofrequency stimulus.

The use of 448kilohertz capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency as the focus of the treatment looking for improve the quality of the tissue is still to be explored.

The hypothesis of the present project is that focus treatments on 448kilohertz capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency on the patellar tendon will produce better outcomes in terms of ultrasound assessment measured by quantified elastography, and this will decreased the possibilities of get injured.

The stimulus will be carried out on the patellar tendon region. All interventions will be developed by the same examiner, who is a physiotherapist with 6 years of clinical experience.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: June 12, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 14, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18-65 years.

• Sporty people with at least 3 days of training per week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Suffer from knee pain.

• Sedentary people

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Patellofemoral Pain
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Ultrasonography

Intervention

Other:
• 448kilohertz Capacitive Resistive Radiofrequency Stimulation in a Sporty Population.
448kilohertz Capacitive Resistive Radiofrequency Stimulation on Patellar tendon in a Sporty Population.
• Placebo comparator
To simulate a 448kilohertz capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency application on the non dominant patellar tendon

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Clínica Ana González	Málaga

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Granada

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from Baseline in patellar tendon measured by quantified elastography imaging at 3 months [ Time Frame: Time Frame: time (t) 1(prior to treatment), t2 (immediately after the treatment), t3 (3 months later)] ]	The elastography is obtained when the anatomic image on grayscale ultrasound overlaps parametric color image that expresses the rate of deformity of the tissues, soft tissues tend to develop greater deformity and tissue deformity have lower rigidity	Time Frame: time (t) 1(prior to treatment), t2 (immediately after the treatment), t3 (3 months later)