Reeducation of Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy by Wearing Shoes Inclined Versus Reeducation by Kinesitherapy (TARCI)

Nantes University Hospital (NUH)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Chronic Disease; Rupture of Achilles Tendon; Tendinopathy

Treatments: Other: kinesitherapy; Device: 8° incline shoe

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02307708

RC13_0043

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare the treatment by wearing shoes inclined at kinesitherapy because it is the first treatment offered by primary care physicians in chronic Achilles tendinopathy.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: 18-75 years
• Disease: chronic Achilles tendinopathy de novo or recurrent confirmed by ultrasound
• Patients having signed the informed consent for the study participation
• Patients covered by medical insurance
• Patients having no behavioral disorders

Exclusion criteria

• History of rupture of the Achilles tendon (= stage 4)
• Antibiotic treatment tendinotoxique (Quinolones, ...)
• Inability to walk more than 30 minutes per day.
• Haglund Syndrome
• Treatment of tendinopathy or being older than six months
• Minors
• Major trust

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 2 patient groups

8° incline shoe

Experimental group

Description:

The shoe is inclined from front to back and from top to bottom of 8 °. This causes a controlled and an eccentric contraction during the passage. During the walk we will have: In support tardigrade : an ankle dorsiflexion with a stretching the Achilles tendon (eccentric contractions). In support digitigrade: plantar flexion of ankle with a muscle contraction of triceps surae (concentric contraction).

Treatment:

Device: 8° incline shoe

kinesitherapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

The patient performs its home therapy and consults his physiotherapist once a week according to the protocol Stanish

Treatment:

Other: kinesitherapy