Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Adjuvant Effect of Shock Wave Therapy in the Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy

Appliance of radial shock waves with the BLT600 equipment (BTL Medical Technologies - Canada), the intensity being 2000 to 3000 pulses, 7 to 10Hz of frequency, and 1,5 a 2,5Bar of intensity per application; Appliance on the first day of treatment (D0), repeated on the second week after the first intervention (2nd week) and four weeks after the first intervention (4th week).

12 weeks, starting on the same day of the first appliance. The patient will practice the exercises standing on tiptoes and will perform exercises of passive ankle extension (dorsiflexion), three series of 15 repetitions, with the knee stretched, and three series of 15 repetitions with the knee flexed by 20 degrees.

Placing of the apparatus´ therapeutic head with the support that impedes the shock wave propagation directly on the appliance field; Appliance of radial shock waves with the BLT600 equipment (BTL Medical Technologies - Canada), the intensity being 2000 to 3000 pulses, 7 to 10Hz of frequency, and 1,5 a 2,5Bar of intensity per application; Appliance on the first day of treatment (D0), repeated on the second week after the first intervention (2nd week) and four weeks after the first intervention (4th week).