Effect of Premodulated Current Versus Diadynamic Current On the Management of Tennis Elbow.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tennis Elbow
• Interventions: Device: electrical stimulation

• Registration Number: NCT05084664
• Lead Sponsor: October 6 University

Brief Summary

104 patients with unilateral tennis elbow from both genders (57 females and 43 males) referred by orthopaedist with age ranged between 20 and 60 years.

Detailed Description

hey were recruited in the study from October 2020 to September 2021 and allocated randomly into two groups. Group A received premodulated current in addition to exercises, and group B received diadynamic current with the same exercises. Each patient signed the informed consent form approved by the faculty of physical therapy, October 6 university, Egypt and prospectively registered (Clinical Trials.gov, Identifier NCT03338283). Patients was selected according to the following criteria.

Inclusive criteria

* Patients suffer from pain at the lateral part of the elbow and radiated to the forearm with tenderness increasing on pressure on the lateral epicondyle and on resistance of hand extension

* lasting of the symptoms for 3 months

* no previous physiotherapy interventions.

Exclusive criteria

Internal or external fixation

* arthritis of elbow

* contraindications to electrotherapy like pacemaker, dermatological skin disease, epilepsy, abnormal sensation, and pregnancy.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-10-15
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Primary Completion: 2021-10-01
• Study Completion: 2021-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-06
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-20
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients suffer from pain at the lateral part of the elbow and radiated to the forearm with tenderness increasing on pressure on the lateral epicondyle and on resistance of hand extension
• lasting of the symptoms for 3 months
• previous physiotherapy interventions.

Exclusion Criteria

• Internal or external fixation
• arthritis of elbow
• contraindications to electrotherapy like pacemaker, dermatological skin disease, epilepsy, abnormal sensation, and pregnancy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
group A	electrical stimulation	premodulated current
group B	electrical stimulation	diadynamic current

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
baseline hydraulic hand dynamometer	6 weeks	grip strength measurement (200 lb.90 kg Capacity)
Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE)	6 weeks	pain and functional measurement (The maximum score is 50 for the pain subscale and 100 for the function subscale)
baseline hydraulic pinch gauge	6 weeks	pinch measurement (50 lb.22.5 kg Capacity)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bassam; 🇪🇬 Qaliubia, Egypt