Ultrasound Patellar Tendon Assessment

NCT05497661 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: UGranadaPatellarTendon
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 28
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

448kilohertz capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency is a novel technique in physiotherapy and its usefulness and clinical relevance is still to be investigated at both clinical practice and also in performance. Current studies show promising results in different musculoskeletal disorders, however there no studies in the assessment of quality soft tissue in sporty population after the used of this technique.

Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain; Ultrasonography

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline in patellar tendon measured by quantified elastography imaging at 3 months [ Time Frame: Time Frame: time (t) 1(prior to treatment), t2 (immediately after the treatment), t3 (3 months later)] ]

  The elastography is obtained when the anatomic image on grayscale ultrasound overlaps parametric color image that expresses the rate of deformity of the tissues, soft tissues tend to develop greater deformity and tissue deformity have lower rigidity

  Time Frame: time (t) 1(prior to treatment), t2 (immediately after the treatment), t3 (3 months later)

Study Arms (2)

Effects of Capacitive Resistive Monopolar Radiofrequency in patellar tendon

EXPERIMENTAL

448 kilohertz Capacitive Resistive Monopolar Radiofrequency stimulus on the dominant patellar tendon.

Other: 448kilohertz Capacitive Resistive Radiofrequency Stimulation in a Sporty Population.; Other: Placebo comparator

Placebo Comparator: Placebo Monopolar Radiofrequency stimulus

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

To simulate the application of Monopolar Radiofrequency stimulus on the dominant patellar tendon

Other: Placebo comparator

Interventions

448kilohertz Capacitive Resistive Radiofrequency Stimulation in a Sporty Population. OTHER

448kilohertz Capacitive Resistive Radiofrequency Stimulation on Patellar tendon in a Sporty Population.

Effects of Capacitive Resistive Monopolar Radiofrequency in patellar tendon

Placebo comparator OTHER

To simulate a 448kilohertz capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency application on the non dominant patellar tendon

Effects of Capacitive Resistive Monopolar Radiofrequency in patellar tendon; Placebo Comparator: Placebo Monopolar Radiofrequency stimulus

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age between 18-65 years.
• Sporty people with at least 3 days of training per week

You may not qualify if:

• Suffer from knee pain.
• Sedentary people

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Granada: lead

Study Sites (1)

Clínica Ana González

Málaga, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Officials

• Santiago Navarro Ledesma

  University of Malaga

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ana González Muñoz

  University of Malaga

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Maria Aguilar Garcia

CONTACT

0034665116747; maguilar.fisioterapia@gmail.com

Maria Aguilar Garcia

CONTACT

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 10, 2022
• First Posted: August 11, 2022
• Study Start: October 14, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 14, 2023
• Study Completion: June 12, 2024
• Last Updated: August 11, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)