Resistance Training as Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy

N/ACompletedNCT00952042

University of Copenhagen47 enrolled

Overview

The use of eccentric resistance training as management of Achilles tendinopathy is widespread. The investigators have recently demonstrated that heavy slow resistance training was superior in the management of patellar tendinopathy. Hypothesis: heavy slow resistance training is more effective than eccentric resistance training in the clinical management of Achilles tendinopathy.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Achilles Tendinopathy

Interventions

Heavy slow resistance trainingOTHER

Heel-raises. 12-6RM. each contraction performed slowly. three times weekly for 12 weeks

Eccentric resistance trainingOTHER

Eccentric heel-raises. 3 x 15 reps performed twice daily for 12 wks.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Unilateral Achilles tendon pain, * Symptoms for at least three months, * Ultrasonographical tendon abnormalities, AND * Able to comply with both intervention arms. Exclusion Criteria: * Bilateral symptoms, * Previous surgery below knee, * Corticosteroid injections below the knee during past year, * Hypercholesterol, * Diabetes, OR * Arthritis.

Locations (1)

Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen. Bispebjerg Hospital

Copenhagen NV, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

VISA-A score

Time frame: 0,12 wks + 1yr follow-up

Secondary Outcomes

Tendon thickness

Time frame: 0,12 wks + 1yr follow-up

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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