Effectiveness of Percutaneous Electrolysis in the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylalgia. A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. (MRH)

University of Cadiz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epicondylitis

Treatments: Other: Dry needling group; Other: Epte group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03225404

UCadiz

Details and patient eligibility

About

The concept of epicondylitis refers to the manifestation of pain ni the area of insertation of the epicondile muscles, and that it is accompained by limitation funcional.A tendinopathy is characterized as a process of degenaration, with fibroblast proliferation and disorganization of the fibers of collagen. This tendon pathology especially affects the epicondyle extensors and especially the first and second radial and short extensor carpal.

Full description

Eccentric exercises of the epicondyle muscles were performed in 3 sets of 10 repetitions. Participants were asked to perform the exercise program on an individual basis twice every day for 4 weeks. The eccentric program consisted of 3 exercises, focusing on the epicondyle muscles. Participants were asked to do a normal flexion extension (concentric phase) and a slow return to the initial position (eccentric phase) included first the concentric phase, and the eccentric phase was slowly conducted. The exercise program was taught by a physiotherapist in the first session and monitored in the subsequent sessions.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients of both sexes, aged between 18 and 60 years, in an active state of pain and with a diagnosis of one month of evolution.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are pregnant, have pacemakers and those surgically operated patients who have been treated with Epte a month earlier

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

EPTE + EXER Therapeutic Percutaneous Electrolysis once week for four weeks associated with eccentric exercises devices at home.

Treatment:

Other: Epte group

Control group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Dry needling group