A randomized clinical trial on comparison of dry needling with or without saline solution injection for chronic lateral epicondylitis
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- PACTR202402475812164
- Lead Sponsor
- mohammed VI university hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
adult patients with lateral epicondylitis symptoms for more than 3 months and who have failed conventional treatment which must be stopped at least 3 weeks before our intervention.
Lateral epicondylitis is defined as lateral elbow pain and pain at the lateral epicondyle on direct palpation and during dorsiflexion against resistance of the wrist.
Age less than 18 years
history of injection for therapeutic purposes (glucocorticoids, platelet-rich plasma or Dry needling etc.) in the last 6 months
Previous EL surgery
History of arm or leg fracture forearm
Thrombocytopenia
Coagulopathy
Pregnancy
Breastfeeding
Mental health problems
Chronic inflammatory rheumatism
Cervico-brachial neuralgia and other chronic generalized pain syndromes
The participant's declaration that he or she will not be able to continue the research follow-up
Fear of injection
Presence of drug abuse
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To demonstrate the superiority of Dry Needling plus saline solution injections versus Dry Needling alone on pain in chronic lateral epicondylitis
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Compare the effects of the 2 approaches on :<br><br>- Function, using the PATIENT-RATED TENNIS ELBOW EVALUATION (PRTEE) questionnaire<br>;Compare the effects of the 2 approaches on :<br><br>- Quality of life, using the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire (EuroQoL-5D) <br>;Compare the effects of the 2 approaches on :<br><br>- Tolerance by assessing pain intensity and duration per procedure and post-procedure, respectively using the Visual Analogue Pain Scale from 0 to 10 and the Verbal Pain Scale from 0 to 5 for pain duration. <br>;<br><br> The side effects of the various injections throughout the trial