Lateral Epicondylitis Treatment High Intensive Laser Therapy and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Ankara City Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Lateral Epicondylitis

Treatments

Device: extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Device: high intensive laser

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06301152

E2-22-1905

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate and compare the short-term efficacy of high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) and extra corporeal shock wave therapy(ESWT) on pain, sensitivity, handgrip strength, and functions in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE).

Material and methods: Forty five participants (age range, 18 to 65 years) with unilateral elbow pain were randomized into two groups. HILT group (n = 22) and the ESWT group (n = 23). The HILT and ESWT were administered three times a week for three weeks, and each treatment was combined with exercises. All patients in both groups were evaluated with ultrasonography for common extensor tendon(CET) thickness. A visual analog scale (VAS), Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (QDASH), and hand grip strength test were used to evaluate the patients before, one, and six weeks after treatment.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of Lateral epicondylitis
Age >18

Exclusion criteria

Operation history about elbow
Received physical therapy, or had a steroid injection to the elbow in the three months
Cervical radiculopathy,
Elbow deformities,
Fibromyalgia syndrome,
Carpal tunnel syndrome,
Neurological impairments in the upper extremity,
Chronic inflammatory conditions,
Hemophilia,
Pregnant,
History of malignancy