Status:

COMPLETED

The Effect of Deep Friction Massage on the Achilles Tendon Blood Flow

Lead Sponsor:

University Ghent

Conditions:

Healthy Situation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Background: There is a hypothesis in literature that the mechanical action of deep transverse friction massage (DTF) produces vasodilatation and increases blood flow. But as yet, no experimental study...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • a history of lower leg injury
  • systematic disease
  • persons using drugs
  • subjects with circulatory disorders or cardiovascular diseases

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2010

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    July 1 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    62 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT01453543

    Start Date

    November 1 2010

    End Date

    July 1 2011

    Last Update

    November 8 2011

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    Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium, 9000