Code
01J02608
Duration
01 January 2008 → 31 October 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Orthopaedics
- Orthopaedics
- Human movement and sports sciences
- Rehabilitation sciences
- Orthopaedics
Keywords
eccentric training
rotator cuff tendinopathy
rehabilitation
kinesitherapy
Project description
The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of specific rehabilitation exercises (eccentric training and stretching) on functional performance in patients with chronic rotator cuff tendinopathy. In a randomized clinical trial, results of the experimental group are compared with a control group (undergoing the classical physiotherapy intervention) with respect to range of motion, strength, pain, function, tendon stiffness and force-reproduction measurement.