One-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial on added splinting to eccentric exercises in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy
Objective The study examined whether the addition of a night splint to eccentric exercises is beneficial for functional outcome in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy. Design One-year follow-up of a randomised controlled single blinded clinical trial. Setting Sports medicine department in a gen...
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Veröffentlicht in: | British journal of sports medicine 2010-07, Vol.44 (9), p.673-677 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Objective The study examined whether the addition of a night splint to eccentric exercises is beneficial for functional outcome in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy. Design One-year follow-up of a randomised controlled single blinded clinical trial. Setting Sports medicine department in a general hospital. Patients 58 patients (70 tendons) were included. Interventions All patients completed a 12-week heavy load eccentric training programme. One group received a night splint in addition to eccentric exercises. Main outcome measurements Outcome scores were: Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment—Achilles (VISAA) score, subjective patient satisfaction and neovascularisation score measured with power Doppler ultrasonography (PDU). Results For both groups the VISA-A score increased significantly (from 50 to 76 (p |
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ISSN: | 0306-3674 1473-0480 |
DOI: | 10.1136/bjsm.2008.052142 |