Conservative Treatment in Lateral Epicondylitis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Lateral Epicondylitis

• Registration Number: NCT06730789
• Lead Sponsor: Uludag University

Brief Summary

Conservative treatments follow the vast majority of treatments in lateral epicondylitis. In this research, we aimed to elucidate the treatment outcomes of patients via epicondylitis bandage, wrist dorsiflexion splint, and kinesio tape groups by sequential randomization and to compare treatment outcomes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-12-15
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-15
• Study Completion: 2022-05-15
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-08
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-12
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 54

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who were ≥18 years of age, and had no history of elbow surgery.
• Participants should have pain and sensitivity, with symptom duration less than 12 weeks.
• Patients with a positive result in one of the provocation tests (Maudsley's Test-resisted middle finger extension extensor carpi radialis test), resisted wrist extension, or passive stretching of the wrist extensors (Mill's Test) were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients under 18 years of age,
• patients who did not consent to participate in the study,
• those who had previous surgery on the elbow,
• presence of cervical spondylosis and radiculopathy,
• presence of endocrine disease,
• presence of autoimmune disease,
• presence of concomitant entrapment neuropathy or polyneuropathy,
• pregnancy,
• presence of systemic inflammatory disease,
• presence of acute trauma,
• presence of deformity in the upper extremity,
• presence of metabolic disease,
• presence of elbow arthritis,
• presence of allergy to kinesio tape and orthoses,
• having received treatment for lateral epicondylitis in the past (exercise, injection, NSAIDs).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analog score	At sixth weeks.	Minimum value: 0 Maximum value:10 Minimum is better.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder Score	At sixth weeks.	Minimum value:0 Maximum value:100 Minimum is better

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bursa Uludag University; 🇹🇷 Bursa, Nilüfer, Turkey