Resistance Training and Injection Treatment for Achilles Enthesopathy

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Achilles enthesopathy is a common and often long-lasting injury among exercising individuals. Very little is known regarding the effect of different treatment strategies.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate two treatment strategies for achilles enthesopathy:

Resistance training and restricted loading + corticosteroid injection compared to resistance training and restricted loading + local anesthesia injection.

50 patients with achilles enthesopathy are randomly assigned to the two treatment groups in this double blinded RCT.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital
• Treatments: Anesthetics

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

• Pain from the achilles tendon insertion/heel for at least 3 months

• Achilles entesopathy verified by ultrasound

• Between 18 and 65 years of age

Exclusion criteria:

• Prior surgery in the leg with the exception of knee arthroscopy

• Known medial conditions including diabetes or rheumatologic diseases

• Taking pain medication regularly

• Injection therapy for treatment of achilles entesopathy within the last 6 months