Despite DFM being a widely-used technique and the empirical grounding regarding the importance of the pressure applied, there is no study characterizing the pressure applied during DFM, remaining it a discretion of the physiotherapist. Additionally, it is not known how the amount of pressure applied may influence pain mechanisms or function in the symptomatic patellar tendon. Having this, our objective is to characterize the pressure applied during deep friction massage and evaluate the immediate effects of different pressures applied during deep friction massage in the time until analgesia as well as in function, in patellar tendinopathy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
10
Deep friction massage as described by Dr. James Cyriax, performed with the mean pressure previously obtained in a baseline assessment.
Deep friction massage as described by Dr. James Cyriax, performed with the mean pressure previously obtained in a baseline assessment decremented by 25%.
Deep friction massage as described by Dr. James Cyriax, performed with the mean pressure previously obtained in a baseline assessment incremented by 25%.
Cooperativa Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário
Gandra, Paredes, Portugal
Time until analgesia
Time until self reported sensation of analgesia, controlled by a chronometer, since the application of deep friction massage.
Time frame: 10 minutes
Numeric Pain Rating Scale
Self-reported pain intensity.
Time frame: 20 minutes
Maximal isometric strength of quadriceps
Measure of maximal isometric strength, through a dynamometer.
Time frame: 20 minutes
Knee flexion range of movement
Measure of knee flexion range of movement, through a goniometer
Time frame: 20 minutes
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