Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of tennis elbow

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in tennis player elbow; Physical therapy and sport rehabilitation; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000803695
• Lead Sponsor: Medical Universisty of Silesia

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-07-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Participating subjects will meet the following inclusion criteria: (1) pain feelings of the tenis elbow within at least 1 month, (2) painful palpation of the lateral epicondyle (3) painful resisted middle finger and wrist extension (Thomson test).

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be excluded if they (1) younger than 18 years, (2) have a local infection, (3) malignancy, (4) bilateral tennis elbow, (5) carpal tunnel syndrome, (6) medial epicondylitis, (7) elbow arthritis or instability, (8) generalised polyarthritis, (9) ipsilateral shoulder dysfunction, (10) neurological abnormalities, (11) radial-nerve entrapment, (12) cardiac arrhythmia or a pacemaker, (13) cancer, (14) diabetes, (15) have received a physical therapy and/or corticosteroid injection within the previous six weeks or (16) are pregnant.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified