TerminatedNot Applicable

A Comparison of Endoscopic Surgery and Exercise Therapy in Patients With Longstanding Achilles Tendinopathy

Stopped: recruitment difficulties due to recently introduced new surgical procedure

Norway10 participantsStarted 2017-04-19

Plain-language summary

Exercise is a preferred treatment modality for mid-portion achilles tendinopathy. Despite this, as many as 44 % of achilles tendinopathy patients do not respond to exercise treatment. Surgery for midportion achilles tendinopathy has for many years been done as an open procedure. New knowledge resulted in a variety of minimally invasive procedures and the development of endoscopic surgery. In this study, the effect of non-open surgery and conservative treatment (physiotherapy and exercises) will be compared.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of mid-portion achilles tendinopathy * pain during at least 3 months * decreased function (a score less than 80 on VISA-A) Exclusion Criteria: * Physiotherapy during previous three months * history of major achilles trauma * cardiovascular, respiratory, systemic, or metabolic conditions limiting exercise tolerance

What they're measuring

pain using The Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment - Achilles

Timeframe: 3 months (immediately following 12 week exercising)

pain using The Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment - Achilles questionnaire (VISA-A)

Timeframe: 6 months after 12 week exercising

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03025412

SponsorNorwegian University of Science and Technology

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-12-01

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