The efficacy of a specific tennis elbow brace (‘Go-Strap brace’) compared to a standard counterforce brace in participants with tennis elbow

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: lateral epicondylalgia; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000354280
• Lead Sponsor: Griffith University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-05-25
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

Pain over the lateral elbow of a minimum six weeks duration which is increased on palpation of the lateral epicondyle, gripping, and resisted wrist or 2nd or 3rd finger extension.

Exclusion Criteria

Any treatment of the elbow pain by a health care practitioner within the preceding three months, corticosteroid injection to the affected elbow within the last six months, bilateral elbow symptoms, cervical radiculopathy, any other elbow joint pathology or peripheral nerve involvement, previous surgery to the elbow or a past history of dislocation, fracture of the elbow or tendon ruptures, systemic or neurological disorders, and shoulder, wrist and/or hand pathology.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain-free grip strength: measured using a Digital Analyser grip dynamometer (MIE Ltd, Leeds UK). Each participant will be positioned in supine lie with the upper limb to be measured in shoulder neutral, elbow extension and forearm pronation. They will be instructed to squeeze the dynamometer until pain is first provoked. The process will be repeated three times with an intervening 30-second rest interval, with the average of three measures calculated. Both affected and unaffected arms will be tested.[pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention]