Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Cupping Therapy in The Treatment of Tennis Elbow: A Randomized Controlled Trial

October 6 University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tennis Elbow

Treatments: Other: cupping therapy; Device: TENS; Other: conventional therapy; Other: TENS and cupping therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04867811

7645

Details and patient eligibility

About

One hundred and twenty patients (67 females and 53 males) with unilateral TE were included in the study from January 2020 to December 2020 and diagnosed by an orthopedist. Their ages ranged between 20 and 50 years old.

Full description

They were divided randomly into three groups by lottery method. Group A (n=30) received conventional therapy, group B (n=30) received TENS in addition to conventional therapy, group C received cupping therapy with conventional therapy and group D (n=30) received TENS and cupping therapy plus conventional therapy. All patients read and signed a consent form before participation in this trial. This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Physical Therapy, October 6 University, Egypt. Patients with pain in the lateral epicondylar region, increased pain with pressure and resistance to wrist extension, persistence of symptoms for more than three months, no physical therapy interventions during the last three months were included in the study while patients with bilateral tennis elbow, proximal radio-ulnar joint synovitis, radial nerve entrapment, cervical spine radiculopathy, other diseases like medial epicondylitis, impaired sensibility and paralysis that may affect the outcome measurement and previous injury or surgery in the region of common extensor origin were excluded from this study.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with pain in the lateral epicondylar region, increased pain with pressure and resistance to wrist extension, persistence of symptoms for more than three months, no physical therapy interventions during the last three months

Exclusion criteria

• patients with bilateral tennis elbow, proximal radio-ulnar joint synovitis, radial nerve entrapment, cervical spine radiculopathy, other diseases like medial epicondylitis, impaired sensibility and paralysis that may affect the outcome measurement and previous injury or surgery in the region of common extensor origin

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 4 patient groups

group A

Experimental group

Description:

received conventional therapy

Treatment:

Other: conventional therapy

group B

Experimental group

Description:

received TENS in addition to conventional therapy

Treatment:

Other: conventional therapy

Device: TENS

group C

Experimental group

Description:

received cupping therapy with conventional therapy

Treatment:

Other: cupping therapy

Other: conventional therapy

group D

Experimental group

Description:

TENS and cupping therapy plus conventional therapy

Treatment:

Other: conventional therapy

Other: TENS and cupping therapy