Standardized needle therapy in LE
- Conditions
- lateral epicondylitis, treatment, injectables, RCT.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20120
- Lead Sponsor
- Amphia hospital Breda. OLVG Amsterdam. AMC Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 165
Inclusion Criteria
Patients referred by their GP to the orthopaedic surgeon diagnosed with unilateral Lateral Epicondylitis lasting longer than 6 weeks
• Age between 18 and 65 years
Exclusion Criteria
A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
• Prior injection therapy (during this episode of LE), surgery or trauma at the affected elbow.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main study parameters are the changes in pain using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS, 0-100) (Bodian e.a. 2001) 5 months after treatment:<br><br /><br>- After provocation test; pain during resisted dorsiflexion of the wrist during full elbow extension
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary study parameters are the changes in pain using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS, 0-100) compared to baseline 5 months after treatment and after 8 weeks and 1 year after treatment (at rest and after maximun grip strength), functional recovery, Quality adjusted life years and complications<br><br><br>