Diagnostic Accuracy of the Clinical Tests and the Ultrasonography in Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy

Marmara University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy (Tennis Elbow)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07347873

09.2025.25-0880

Details and patient eligibility

About

Lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) is the most common cause of elbow pain. Even though provocation tests such as Cozen's test, Mill's test or Maudsley test; musculoskeletal ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging can be used for diagnosis, gold standard method is yet to be determined. Purpose of this study is to determine the sensitivity and specificity of clinical tests and ultrasonography in diagnosis of LET.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged 18-60 with unilateral elbow pain
• Tenderness with palpation at the lateral epicondyle
• Pain triggered with pressure compared to the opposite lateral epicondyle with algometer.

Exclusion criteria

• History of rheumatologic diseases
• History of e corticosteroid injections on lateral epicondyle
• History of elbow surgery or infection

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Lateral elbow tendinopathy

Description:

Patients with lateral epicondylitis will be included in this group.

Control

Description:

Healthy volunteers with similar demographic characteristics will be enrolled to this group.