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NCT Number: NCT04935398

Efficacy of Manual Therapy Combined With an Exercise Programme VS Combined Electrotherapy on Football Players With Adductor Tendinopathy

Background: Groin pain associated with adductor tendinopathy is the second cause of muscle pathology in a football player (20%), so a good treatment taking into account both internal and external factors that may influence the pathology of our patient, would be the key to an improvement in the symptoms he may have. Material and methods: Firstly, the pain threshold is measured by performing the Copenhagen compression test, and in a palpation at the proximal level of the adductors, the hip joint range (ROM) is measured and the HAGOS questionnaire is passed. Then, a sample of 20 participants (N = 20) is selected and randomly divided into two groups, a control group of 10 participants (n = 10), with a treatment based on electrotherapy combined with an exercise programme; and an experimental group of 10 participants (n = 10) with a treatment based on manual therapy combined with an exercise programme. Finally, they performed all measurements.

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Key information

Conditions

Tenopathy; Lower Limb

Age range

15 year–30 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Ávila, 05005, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age range between 15 and 30 years old.
  • Third division and third year national youth football players.
  • Males.
  • Average of 3 training sessions and 1 match per week.
  • Pain when performing the Copenhagen test or Squeeze test for 5 seconds (s).
  • Pain on palpation of the proximal insertion of the adductors.

Exclusion criteria

  • Players over 30 years of age and under 15 years of age.
  • Players with previous adductor surgery.
  • Players with inguinal hernia.
  • Players with signs or symptoms of urinary or genital pathology.
  • Players unable to attend study treatment sessions.
  • Players on medication during treatment.
  • Players who are undergoing other treatment for groin pathology or have had previous treatment of less than one month.

previous treatment of less than one month.

Treatment and study plan

Physiotherapy

Other

The aim is to test two treatment techniques against each other to see how effective they are.

Primary outcomes

  1. Satisfaction assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale

    Time frame: 30 days

    Visual analogue scale that measures the subjective pain of each individual. It is distributed from zero to ten, where zero is the minimum pain reported by the individual and ten is the maximum pain endured.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Range of motion, articular

    Time frame: 30 days

    Observe range of motion, articular

  2. Rate of functionality

    Time frame: 30 days

    Measuring functionality after treatment in adductor tendinopathy

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy of Manual Therapy Combined With an Exercise Programme Versus Combined Electrotherapy on Football Players With Adductor Tendinopathy: Randomised Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jun 23, 2021
Registry last updated
Jun 23, 2021

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