Physiotherapy Treatment for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

41

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 1, 2017

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2019

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2019

Conditions
Achilles Tendinopathy
Interventions
OTHER

Low-level Laser Therapy

LLLT, 904 nm wavelength, 3 Joules per treatment point in accordance with World Association for Laser Therapy (WALT) guidelines.

OTHER

Sham Low-level Laser Therapy

Same procedure as in the LLLT group with the exception of laser irradiation (0 mW mean output power).

OTHER

Exercise therapy

Concentric and eccentric exercises with a total duration of approximately 20 minutes.

OTHER

Cryotherapy

Twenty minutes of cryotherapy applied to the Achilles tendon.

Trial Locations (1)

5008

University of Bergen, Bergen

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

OTHER

collaborator

Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate Training in Physiotherapy

OTHER

lead

University of Bergen

OTHER

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