Achilles Tendinopathy Treated With Training and Injections

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-12-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare in a randomized double blinded controlled trial the effect of heavy slow resistance exercises combined with ultrasound guided injections with local anesthetic with or without glucocorticosteroid in patients with achilles tendinopathy.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital
• Collaborator: The Danish Rheumatism Association
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Lidocaine; Methylprednisolone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Midsubstance pain in the achilles tendon

• Symptoms for at least 3 months

• Ultrasound scanning at the first visit shows thickness of the achilles tendon above 7 mm or 20% thicker than the contralateral.

• Patient can read and understand danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• Earlier operations in the foot and leg, that is judged to complicate training

• known arthritis.

• known diabetes

• Leg ulcerations or infections in the foot.

• Judged unable to comply with the training protocol.

• Daily use of pain killers

• Glucocorticosteroid injection to the diseased achilles tendon within the last 6 months.

• Earlier allergic reactions to glucocorticosteroid or local anesthetic.

• Pregnancy or planning to become pregnant

• BMI above 30.