Effect of Matrix Rhythm Therapy in elbow pai
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M771- Lateral epicondylitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/01/061521
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Multispecialty Hospital Sector Chandigarh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Both males and females between 16-55 years of age.
2.Patients having lateral elbow pain and also having tenderness over the lateral aspect of elbow and patients having Cozens/Mills test.
Southampton Diagnostic Criteria will be used for the diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis or tennis elbow in these patients (Desouza etal. 2019).
These criteria are defined as:
1)Pain in the lateral epicondyle zone in resistant active extension of the wrist.
2)Pain in the lateral epicondyle zone for 24 hours or more in the last 7 days.
3)Sensitivity on the lateral epicondyle zone.
1.Generalized inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis.
2.Concurrent shoulder and/or neck pain and its related referred pain or pain proximal to the elbow on the affected side.
3.Any wound or skin lesion on the lateral side of the affected elbow.
4.Neurological symptoms or abnormal neurological findings in the affected arm.
5.Pregnancy
6.Severe infection
7.Known malignancy
8.Bleeding disorder
9.Previous surgery to the elbow
10.Oral and/or topical NSAID in the previous 2 weeks
11.Local corticosteroid injection in the previous month.
12.Oral glucocorticosteroids within the previous 6 weeks,
13.Subjects not willing to participate in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensityTimepoint: Evaluations will be performed at baseline, immediate post treatment, 4 weeks and 12 weeks after completion of 2 weeks treatment course.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Grip strength, Disability and quality of lifeTimepoint: Evaluations will be performed at baseline, immediate post treatment, 4 weeks and 12 weeks after completion of 2 weeks treatment course.