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NCT Number: NCT03255538

Deep Friction Massage: Symptomatic

Despite DFM being a widely-used technique and the empirical grounding regarding the importance of the pressure applied, there is no study characterizing the pressure applied during DFM, remaining it a discretion of the physiotherapist. Additionally, it is not known how the amount of pressure applied may influence pain mechanisms or function in the symptomatic patellar tendon. Having this, our objective is to characterize the pressure applied during deep friction massage and evaluate the immediate effects of different pressures applied during deep friction massage in the time until analgesia as well as in function, in patellar tendinopathy.

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Key information

Conditions

Tendinopathy Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Tendon Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cooperativa Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário

Gandra, Paredes, 4585-116, Portugal

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • The participants should have a symptomatic patellar tendon

Exclusion criteria

  • History of other previous injuries of the lower limbs;
  • Intake of medication that could interfere with pain mechanisms;
  • Presence of any factors or conditions that could interfere with the awareness and sensibility to pain.

Treatment and study plan

DFM: Mean pressure

Other

Deep friction massage as described by Dr. James Cyriax, performed with the mean pressure previously obtained in a baseline assessment.

DFM: Mean pressure - 25%

Other

Deep friction massage as described by Dr. James Cyriax, performed with the mean pressure previously obtained in a baseline assessment decremented by 25%.

DFM: Mean pressure + 25%

Other

Deep friction massage as described by Dr. James Cyriax, performed with the mean pressure previously obtained in a baseline assessment incremented by 25%.

Primary outcomes

  1. Time until analgesia

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    Time until self reported sensation of analgesia, controlled by a chronometer, since the application of deep friction massage.

  2. Numeric Pain Rating Scale

    Time frame: 20 minutes

    Self-reported pain intensity.

  3. Maximal isometric strength of quadriceps

    Time frame: 20 minutes

    Measure of maximal isometric strength, through a dynamometer.

  4. Knee flexion range of movement

    Time frame: 20 minutes

    Measure of knee flexion range of movement, through a goniometer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, Politécnico e Universitário

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Deep Friction Massage Effects on Pain and Function in Patellar Tendinopathy

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Aug 21, 2017
Registry last updated
Mar 7, 2018

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