Effect of Premodulated Current Versus Diadynamic Current On the Management of Tennis Elbow.

October 6 University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Tennis Elbow

Treatments

Device: electrical stimulation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05084664

897

Details and patient eligibility

About

104 patients with unilateral tennis elbow from both genders (57 females and 43 males) referred by orthopaedist with age ranged between 20 and 60 years.

Full description

hey were recruited in the study from October 2020 to September 2021 and allocated randomly into two groups. Group A received premodulated current in addition to exercises, and group B received diadynamic current with the same exercises. Each patient signed the informed consent form approved by the faculty of physical therapy, October 6 university, Egypt and prospectively registered (Clinical Trials.gov, Identifier NCT03338283). Patients was selected according to the following criteria.

Inclusive criteria

Patients suffer from pain at the lateral part of the elbow and radiated to the forearm with tenderness increasing on pressure on the lateral epicondyle and on resistance of hand extension
lasting of the symptoms for 3 months
no previous physiotherapy interventions.

Exclusive criteria

Internal or external fixation

arthritis of elbow
contraindications to electrotherapy like pacemaker, dermatological skin disease, epilepsy, abnormal sensation, and pregnancy.

Enrollment

104 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients suffer from pain at the lateral part of the elbow and radiated to the forearm with tenderness increasing on pressure on the lateral epicondyle and on resistance of hand extension
lasting of the symptoms for 3 months
previous physiotherapy interventions.

Exclusion criteria

Internal or external fixation
arthritis of elbow
contraindications to electrotherapy like pacemaker, dermatological skin disease, epilepsy, abnormal sensation, and pregnancy.