Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:32 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:32 AM
NCT ID:
NCT05659134
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion criteria:
* Athletes performing track and field, tennis or football at the competitive level
* Age 18 to 40 years
* Unilateral Achilles tendinopathy
* Pain lasting more than 2 months
* Diagnosis of Achilles tendinopathy established by pain on function at the Achilles region and ultrasound assessment (tendon thickening, swollen tendon) by one researcher
* Participants trained at least 3 times per week before the onset of Achilles tendinopathy
* Less than 3 months without training and less than 6 months from the last competition/match
* Wish to return to original sport level
* Willing to stop with other treatments 2 weeks before the start of the clinical trial
Exclusion criteria:
* Achilles tendon rupture in past
* Corticosteroid injection in Achilles tendon region in last 6 months
* Having other lower limb musculoskeletal injuries or surgery in the last 6 months (e.g., muscle rupture, bone fracture)
* Having a neurological, systemic or autoimmune disease (e.g., neuropathy, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
40 Years
Study:
NCT05659134
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT05659134