The effect of dry needling for chronic tennis elbow

Not Applicable

• Conditions: choronic tennis elbow syndrome.; Disorders of synovium and tendon; M65-M68

• Registration Number: IRCT2016040827284N1
• Lead Sponsor: none

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

athletes diagnosed with tennis elbow syndrome, who have 3 sessions per week, each session at least 6 hours of practice or race, with compliance of symptoms more than 3 months. The athletes should have pain at lateral epicondyle area that increases during or after movements and the diagnostic test is positive too; age of participants should be 18-40. exclusion criteria: history of fracture or dislocation at shoulder or elbow in the past year; the history of surgery in the past 6 months; degenerative changes at elbow or shoulder; untreated infection or tumors at elbow or shoulder; Pressure on the cervical nerve roots; person with radial tunnel syndrome; impingement of nerves at arm and forearm

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain. Timepoint: beginning of first,second,third and also at the end of third and forth week. Method of measurement: patient rate elbow evaluation questionnaire.;Function. Timepoint: beginning of first,second,third and also at the end of third and forth week. Method of measurement: patient rate elbow evaluation questionnaire.;Grip strenght. Timepoint: beginning of first,second,third and also at the end of third and forth week. Method of measurement: hand dynamometer.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
one. Timepoint: none. Method of measurement: none.