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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
16
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).
Daily eccentric contraction at home and once per week for 6 weeks with the physiotherapist
CHU de Nantes
Nantes, France
Nouvelles cliniques Nantaises
Nantes, France
Evolution of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Score (AOFAS)
Time frame: at Day 0 and 12 weeks
Evolution of amplitude to the tibio-tarsal
Time frame: at 12 weeks
Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale
Time frame: at 12 weeks
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