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NCT Number: NCT06730789

Conservative Treatment in Lateral Epicondylitis

Conservative treatments follow the vast majority of treatments in lateral epicondylitis. In this research, we aimed to elucidate the treatment outcomes of patients via epicondylitis bandage, wrist dorsiflexion splint, and kinesio tape groups by sequential randomization and to compare treatment outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Lateral Epicondylitis Arm Injuries Elbow Injuries Elbow Tendinopathy Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Tendinopathy Tendon Injuries Tennis Elbow Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Bursa Uludag University

Bursa, Nilüfer, 16059, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients who were ≥18 years of age, and had no history of elbow surgery.
  • Participants should have pain and sensitivity, with symptom duration less than 12 weeks.
  • Patients with a positive result in one of the provocation tests (Maudsley's Test-resisted middle finger extension extensor carpi radialis test), resisted wrist extension, or passive stretching of the wrist extensors (Mill's Test) were included.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients under 18 years of age,
  • patients who did not consent to participate in the study,
  • those who had previous surgery on the elbow,
  • presence of cervical spondylosis and radiculopathy,
  • presence of endocrine disease,
  • presence of autoimmune disease,
  • presence of concomitant entrapment neuropathy or polyneuropathy,
  • pregnancy,
  • presence of systemic inflammatory disease,
  • presence of acute trauma,
  • presence of deformity in the upper extremity,
  • presence of metabolic disease,
  • presence of elbow arthritis,
  • presence of allergy to kinesio tape and orthoses,
  • having received treatment for lateral epicondylitis in the past (exercise, injection, NSAIDs).

Treatment and study plan

Epicondylitis bandage

Device

A conservative treatment method of lateral epicondylitis.

Wrist dorsiflexion splint

Device

A conservative treatment method of lateral epicondylitis.

Kinesio Tape

Device

A conservative treatment method of lateral epicondylitis

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual analog score

    Time frame: Baseline

    Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 10 Minimum is better.

  2. Visual analog score

    Time frame: At sixth weeks.

    Minimum value: 0 Maximum value:10 Minimum is better.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder Score

    Time frame: Baseline

    Minimum value:0 Maximum value:100 Minimum is better

  2. Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder Score

    Time frame: At sixth weeks.

    Minimum value:0 Maximum value:100 Minimum is better

Other outcomes

  1. Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation Score

    Time frame: Baseline

    Minimum value:0 Maximum value:10 Minimum is better.

  2. Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation Score

    Time frame: At sixth weeks.

    Minimum value:0 Maximum value:10 Minimum is better.

  3. hand grip strength

    Time frame: Baseline

    Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 100 Maximum is better.

  4. hand grip strength

    Time frame: At sixth weeks.

    Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 100 Maximum is better.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Uludag University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Prospective Comparison of Conservative Treatment Methods in Patients With Lateral Epicondylitis

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2022
First posted
Dec 12, 2024
Registry last updated
Dec 12, 2024

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