Comparison of Two Different Treatment Effects on Individuals With Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis

Eastern Mediterranean University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tennis Elbow; Lateral Epicondylitis; Tendinopathy

Treatments: Other: Deep Friction Massage; Other: Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04187287

2017/48-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (rESWT) treatment and Deep Friction Massage (DFM) treatment on pain, functionality, grip strength (GS), edema, range of motion (ROM) of the elbow and quality of life in individuals with chronic lateral epicondylitis (CLE).

36 individuals diagnosed with CLE will be randomly divided into two equal groups. rESWT treatment will be applied to Group 1 and DFM treatment to Group 2. Visual analogue scale will be used to assess pain severity, functionality with Patient-Rated Elbow Evaluation Turkish version (PRTEE-T), GS with digital dynamometer, ROM of the elbow joint with goniometer, edema with environmental measurement, and quality of life with Short Form 36 (SF-36).

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 66 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals with pain on the lateral epicondyle or proximal musculotendinous area of the forearm extensor muscles for at least 3 months,

• Individuals with a positive Thomsen Test ,

  • Individuals who have not received physical therapy for lateral epicondylitis,

• Individuals with a positive Maudsley Test will be included.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who have received any physical therapy,
• Individuals with reflected pain due to cervical and shoulder pathologies,
• Individuals with elbow osteoarthritis,
• Individuals with previous elbow fractures or elbow joint operations,
• Individuals with a history of systemic inflammatory disease,
• Individuals with osteoporosis,
• Individuals with cardiovascular problems will not be included in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy will be given for 3 weeks, 1 days in a week. Moreover 10-12 minutes cold pack will apply for every session.

Treatment:

Other: Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Deep Friction Massage

Active Comparator group

Description:

Deep Friction Massage treatment will be given for 3 weeks, 3 days in a week. Massage duration will be 10-15 min. for each session. Moreover 10-12 minutes cold pack will apply for every session. Also Mill's manipulation technique will applied once a week during 3 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Deep Friction Massage