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Achilles Tendon Rupture - Intervention With Electrical Stimulation

220 participantsStarted 2025-01-15

Plain-language summary

Acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) is an injury that is commonly associated with complications, such as blood clotting, muscle loss and tendon lengthening, all of which affect the long-term outcome and return to sports. These complication are related to the treatment of ATR with lower leg immobilization in a boot. The investigators aim to demonstrate that an intervention with calf neuromuscular electrical stimulation (C-NMES) during leg immobilization after ATR can 1) reduce blood clots, 2) lower the degree of muscle loss, 3) decrease tendon lengthening and 4) improve long-term outcome.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 75 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with acute unilateral Achilles tendon rupture * Included within 10 days after injury. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to give consent to participate, * ongoing treatment with anticoagulants, * known allergy to contrast agents, * planned follow-up at another hospital, * inability to follow instructions, * known renal failure, * heart failure with pitting edema, * thrombophlebitis, * thromboembolic disease within the last 3 months, * previous surgery of the tendon, * known malignancy, * hemophilia, * pregnancy, * treatment with high doses of acetylsalicylic acid.

What they're measuring

Incidence of Venous thromboembolic events (VTE)

Timeframe: 8 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06601088

SponsorKarolinska University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-02-15

Contact for this trial

Luigi Belcatro, Res.Nurse

0046-735060907 luigi.belcastro@regionstockholm.se

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