Scooping Mobilization With and Without Scapulothoracic Mobilization in Patients of Lateral Epicondylalgia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Lateral Epicondylitis

• Registration Number: NCT06869733
• Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University

Brief Summary

Lateral epicondylalgia is well known musculoskeletal disorder now a day. Lateral epicondylalgia is a disorder in which pain and tenderness at lateral part of elbow. This study is targeting the scapulothoracic mobilization and scooping mobilization at lateral epicondylalgia. This study is single-blinded Randomized Clinical Trial will be conducted in Fatima memorial Hospital and Bajwa hospital Lahore. Non-probability convenience sampling will be used with 38 Participants involved in this study is with age of 18 to 45 with presence of pain and tenderness around lateral epicondyle, positive Cozens test and maudsley test, scapular dyskinesia, pain on resisted elbow extension, wrist extension and gripping activities. In this study, one group is treated with scooping mobilization with scapulothoracic mobilization. Second group is treated with scooping mobilization alone. The participants will be randomized into two Groups by computer generated randomization software. Outcomes measures which are used in this study is Numeric pain rating scale for pain, goniometer for range of motion and patient related tennis elbow evaluation for activities of daily livings for patients of lateral epicondylalgia.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-05-02
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-23
• Study Completion: 2024-07-02
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted: 2025-03-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-10
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 20-40 years
• Pain and tenderness around lateral epicondyle
• Pain on resisted elbow extension ,wrist extension and gripping activities
• Gender both male and female.
• Scapular Dyskinesia.
• Positive Cozen test and maudsley test for lateral epicondylalgia.
• With moderate pain intensity on Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) with a score of 3 or higher

Exclusion Criteria

• Any injury or disease around the shoulder, elbow and wrist on affected side
• Cervical radiculopathy.
• Local steroid injection
• History of fracture of humerus, radius, ulna which is affected upper extremity

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Related Tennis Elbow Evaluation Scale	4th weeks	It consist of two subscales, one is pain and second is functional subscale (specific activities: 6 and usual activities . The pain scale is scored out of 50 by summing five items. The function subscale (six items) and usual function subscale (four items) are summed divided by two to create the Function Subscale. The pain score is added to the function score to determine the final score. A score of 100 indicates the highest level of commitment, while a score of 0 indicates no involvement at all..
Numeric Pain Rating Scale	4th weeks	It rates from 0 to 10. 0 means no pain while 10 means maximum pain.
Range of Motion of Elbow	4th weeks	Goniometer is to check ranges of elbow flexion and extension
Range of Motion of Wrist	4th weeks	Goniometer is to check ranges of wrist flexion and extension
Readings of scapulometer to measure scapular dyskinesia in cm	4th weeks	The medial boundary and inferior angle prominence in relation to the thorax can be measured with a Scapulometer. The minimal detectable change (MDC) was determined to be 1.2-1.3 mm.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Dr. Humera Mubashar; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Dr. Faiza Amjad; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan