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Comparison of effects of exercise programme, pulsed ultrasound and transverse friction in the treatment of chronic patellar tendinopathy

Ioannis Stasinopoulos

Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Centre, Patissia, Athens, Greece

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of an exercise programme, pulsed ultrasound and transverse friction in the treatment of chronic patellar tendinopathy.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Centre.

Subjects: This study was carried out with 30 patients who had chronic patellar tendinopathy. They were randomized into three groups.

Interventions: Group A (n = 10) was treated with exercise programme. Pulsed ultrasound was given to group B (n = 10). Group C (n = 10) received transverse friction. All patients received three treatments per week for four weeks.

Outcomes: Patients' pain was evaluated at the end of the four-week course of treatment (week 4), one month (week 8) and three months (week 16) after the end of treatment.

Results: The exercise programme was statistically significantly better than the other two treatments at the end of treatment (x² = 12.21, p < 0.01), one month (x² = 23.2, p < 0.001) and three months (x² = 23.2, p < 0.001) after the end of the treatment.

Conclusion: Although the results suggested that the exercise programme was more effective treatment than ultrasound and transverse friction at the end of the treatment as well as at the follow-ups, future controlled studies are needed to establish the relative and absolute effectiveness of each of the three treatment interventions.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 18, No. 4, 347-352 (2004)
DOI: 10.1191/0269215504cr757oa


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