The Effect of Tissue Flossing in Patients With Tennis Elbow
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Patient-related Tennis Elbow Questionnaire change
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of the present intervention is to determine the effectiveness of the application of tissue flossing in patients with tennis elbow
Detailed Description
The application of tissue flossing has been deemed to provide beneficial results in patients with ankle range of motion limitation. Although, tissue flossing is widely extended among athletes due to its effectiveness in pain, function and range of motion, the evidence is limited.
The aim of the present protocol is to determine the effectiveness of tissue flossing in patients with tennis elbow.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Triple (Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
Patients will be allocated to intervention (flossing) or control group (conventional physiotherapy) using a randomized list of allocated numbers generated by a computer program. Opaque envelope will contain the patients allocation while outcome assessors, care provider and principal investigator will be blinded to the allocation process.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Elbow pain for at least 6 weeks and satisfy the widely accepted diagnostic criteria of lateral epicondylalgia.
- •Diagnostic criteria are pain over the lateral humeral epicondyle that is provoked by gripping activities.
- •Reduced grip strength and increased sensitivity to manual palpation over the lateral epicondyle.
- •Pain with stretching or contraction of the wrist extensor muscles.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Upper limb fractures, surgery or concomitant disease.
- •Red flags presence.
- •Mental disorders.
Arms & Interventions
Tissue flossing
Conventional physiotherapy consisted in electrotherapy and stretching in addition to tissue flossing.
Intervention: Tissue flossing (Other)
Placebo comparator
Conventional physiotherapy consisted in electrotherapy and stretching in addition with tissue flossing without tension.
Intervention: Placebo comparator (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Patient-related Tennis Elbow Questionnaire change
Time Frame: At baseline, after 1 week and after 4 week.
Self reported questionnaire ranged from 0 to 150 with greater scores associated with severe disability.
Secondary Outcomes
- Numeric rating scale change(At baseline, after 1 week and after 4 week.)
- Pressure Pain Threshold change(At baseline, after 1 week and after 4 week.)
Investigators
DAVID CRUZ DÍAZ
Vice Dean
University of Jaén