The Mechanical,Physiological and Therapeutic Effects of Eccentric Exercise Combined With Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in Athletes With Patellar Tendinopathy

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Patellar Tendinopathy

Treatments

Behavioral: Eccentric exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04650997

HSEARS20110215003

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patellar tendinopathy is one of the most common injuries in jumping athletes. Changes in mechanical and physiological properties of tendon are the two proposed forms of pathogenesis. The efficacy of eccentric exercise when applied alone and combined with extrocoporeal shockwave therapy had been reported; however, the underlying treatment mechanisms of pain and dysfunction are not clear. This project aimed to explore the mechanical, physiological and therapeutic effects of eccentric exercise when applied as a single treatment and as an adjunct to extracorporeal shockwave therapy.

Enrollment

43 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Competitive athletes
Pain at the inferior pole of the patella with training for at least 3 months
Tenderness at the inferior pole of the patella on palpation

Exclusion criteria

Patellofemoral pain syndrome, fat pad irritations, meniscus injury, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or infections
History of fracture over lower limbs and inflammatory myopathies
Cortisone injuection and other interventions within 3 months
Contraindication to extracorporeal shockwave therapy