Status:
TERMINATED
Efficacy of BFR Training Combined With Eccentric Exercise as Assessed by SWE in Subjects With Chronic AT
Lead Sponsor:
Womack Army Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Geneva Foundation
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center
Conditions:
Achilles Tendinopathy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to use Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) to assess Achilles tendinopathy and the effectiveness of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training in patients with ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Achilles pain for \> 3 months
- Unilateral symptoms only
- DOD beneficiary, between the ages of 18 and 65
- Clinical diagnosis of Achilles tendinopathy
- Read and speak English well enough to provide informed consent and follow study instructions.
- Can attend in-clinic treatments 2-3 x weekly for the next 12 weeks
Exclusion
- Any disease or disease process that would preclude the participant from safely performing any of the exercises or intervention at the discretion of the PI. (Uncontrolled diabetes, cardiac disease, severe COPD, open wounds, current infection, etc.)
- Any LE surgery on either side in the last 2 years
- History of Achilles rupture
- Any vascular disorder (varicose veins, Hx of DVT)
- Leaving post/station in the following 3 months precluding them being able to come in for f/u visits
- Self-report of pregnancy (currently or within last 6 months)
- Other foot/LE disorder that prevents the completion of the eccentric exercises or BFR exercise
- Unable/unwilling to hop on symptomatic leg
- Pain \< 2/10 of average pain on NPRS
- VISA A score \> 80%
- Currently going through MEB/worker's comp
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 26 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 30 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03264326
Start Date
October 26 2017
End Date
December 30 2018
Last Update
May 15 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Womack Army Medical Center
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States, 28310