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

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

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

Conditions
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Tenopathy; Lower Limb

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Physiotherapy


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 15 Years
Maximum Age: 30 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Manual therapy<br>Football players with adductor tendinopathy undergoing treatment consisting of manual therapy and therapeutic exercise. | Other: Physiotherapy<br>* The aim is to test two treatment techniques against each other to see how effective they are.<br>|
| Experimental: Electrotherapy<br>Footballers with adductor tendinopathy undergoing electrotherapy treatment | Other: Physiotherapy<br>* The aim is to test two treatment techniques against each other to see how effective they are.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Satisfaction assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale | 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. | 30 days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Range of motion, articular | Observe range of motion, articular | 30 days | 
| Rate of functionality | Measuring functionality after treatment in adductor tendinopathy | 30 days | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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manual therapy,, electrotherapy,, groin pain and adductors.