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NCT Number: NCT02396550

Influence of Patient Expectations With Lateral Epicondylalgia in Applying Mobilization With Movement

Lateral epicondylalgia affects people of both gender between 1 and 3% of the world population, with up to 15% in the working population reaching an average of 12 weeks off work for this reason. One of the conservative treatments that have shown effective is the mobilization with movement, whose mechanisms of action are not known. According Bialosky et al., possible effects of manual therapy are based on the neurophysiological mechanisms at peripheral, spinal and supraspinal level. Among the mechanisms to supraspinal level is the placebo effect, which is influenced by psychological factors such as conditioning and expectations.

Changing expectations to determine the influence on the treatment has been studied in healthy subjects, showing improvement with positive expectations and worsening to negative and neutral expectations.

However the result of modifying the previous expectations for treatment in patients with pain has not been studied.

The aim of our study is to test the influence that positive expectations have on the effectiveness of treatment with mobilization with movement in patients with lateral epicondylalgia.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Raúl Ferrer Peña

Arganda, Madrid, 28500, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Lateral Epicondylalgia Diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

  • Previous Treatment with Manual Therapy
  • Previous Treatment with injection 6 months before
  • Radiculopathy
  • Bilateral Symptoms
  • Fracture

Treatment and study plan

Positive Expectations

Behavioral

Give positive expectation of the treatment efficacy to patients

Mobilization with movement

Procedure

Give neutral expectation of the treatment efficacy to patients

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain Intensity

    Time frame: 0 - 10 days

    measured with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Threshold Pressure Pain

    Time frame: 0 - 10 days

    measured with algometry

  2. Perceived Disability

    Time frame: 0-10 days

    with the DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (DASH) Questionnaire

  3. Kinesiophobia

    Time frame: 0 - 10 days

    with the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Alcala

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Influence of Patient Expectations With Lateral Epicondylalgia in Applying Mobilization With Movement. Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Mar 24, 2015
Registry last updated
Oct 18, 2016

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