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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02308618
Date of registration: 02/12/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Public title: Rehabilitation Programs After Achilles Tendon Rupture
Scientific title: Achilles Tendon Rupture: Comparative Study Between Two Rehabilitation Programs.
Date of first enrolment: March 2008
Target sample size: 47
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02308618
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Marco A Vaz, PhD
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Affiliation:  Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male

- Achilles tendon rupture

Exclusion Criteria:

- arterial insufficiency

- diabetes

- autoimmune disease

- patients who used systemic antibiotics or steroids or showed any other clinical
contraindication to perform maximum voluntary contractions on a dynamometer.



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Immobility Response, Tonic
Rupture, Spontaneous
Rupture of Achilles Tendon
Intervention(s)
Other: Early Mobilization
Other: Traditional Immobilization
Primary Outcome(s)
Torque change [Time Frame: Torque was measured 3 times during the study: three, six and more than 12 months after surgical repair.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Muscular architecture change [Time Frame: Muscle architecture was measured 4 times during the study: 45 days, three, six and more than 12 months after surgical repair.]
Secondary ID(s)
UFRGS - 2007882
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.
Ethics review
Results
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