Effectiveness of a high volume injection as treatment for chronic Achilles tendinopathy: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study whether a high volume injection without corticosteroids improves clinical outcome in addition to usual care for adults with chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy.

Design

Patient and assessor blinded, placebo controlled randomised clinical trial.

Setting

Sports medicine department of a large district general hospital, the Netherlands.

Participants

80 adults (aged 18-70 years) with clinically diagnosed chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy and neovascularisation on ultrasonography. 39 were randomised to a high volume injection without corticosteroids and 41 to placebo.

Interventions

Participants were instructed to perform an exercise programme for 24 weeks (usual care) combined with one 50 mL high volume injection of saline and lid

SUBMITTER: van der Vlist AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7479639 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature