# Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Adjuvant Effect of Shock Wave Therapy in the Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy

> **NCT02757664** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Federal University of São Paulo** · enrollment: 119 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Achilles Tendinitis
- Tendinopathy

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Shock Wave Therapy
- **OTHER:** Eccentric Exercises
- **DEVICE:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02757664
- **Lead sponsor:** Federal University of São Paulo
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-02-01
- **Primary completion:** 2020-04-01
- **Final completion:** 2020-06-01
- **Target enrollment:** 119 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-06-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02757664

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02757664, "Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Adjuvant Effect of Shock Wave Therapy in the Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02757664. Licensed CC0.

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