Comparison of PELOID Therapy and Kinesio Tape Effectiveness in Patients With Lateral Epicondylitis

This study was conducted between November 2017 and January 2021 with 126 patients who applied to Konya Training and Research Hospital Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic with complaints of elbow pain and were diagnosed with lateral epicondylitis, who met the inclusion criteria and did not meet the inclusion criteria.

Lateral epicondylitis diagnosis will be made according to clinical criteria. For the clinical diagnosis of Lateral epicondylitis, if there is resistant wrist extension and pain by pressing the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, Lateral epicondylitis will be diagnosed. Other pathologies that may present with elbow pain will be ruled out. Detailed stories of all participants will be taken and detailed physical examinations will be made. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants will be determined by questions such as age, gender, height, weight, educational status, employment status and income level.

126 patients diagnosed with Lateral epicondylitis will be divided into 3 groups. Totally 15 sessions of peloid therapy for 42 patients in 1 group for 3 weeks, 5 days a week, 2 sessions of muscle and fascia correction techniques for 3 weeks in the second group, and 3 sets per day for 42 patients in the third group for 3 weeks. You will be given a home exercise program with 10 repetitions.

In addition, the home exercise program will be shown to both groups. Cold application: At the beginning of each treatment, gel ice packs are wrapped with a moist towel and placed around the elbow joint for 15 minutes. will be applied.

PELOID therapy; PELOIDs are naturally and indigenous to the hot springs; They are used in clinics or packaged at home.In the local peloid application, as the effects of heat; increase in blood flow, decrease in peripheral vein tone, increase in heart rate and heart rate, slight increase in systolic blood pressure, decrease in diastolic pressure, increase in cell division, decrease in viscosity in skin fluids, warm analgesia, increased elasticity in tendons, ligaments and fascia, general sedation, hormonal stimulation (stress hormones, pituitary adrenal cortex and medulla), adaptive effect, elongation of collagen tissue. Vasodilation occurs in the deep parts of the body with the stimulation formed in the parts of the body that come into contact with the peloid, and vasodilation occurs in the deep parts of the body. In addition, hot applications have an anti-inflammatory effect in chronic inflammation. As a result of the studies done, with PELOID therapy; it has positive effects on the symptoms and functional capacity of osteoarthritis; It has significant positive effects on parameters such as the number of painful and swollen joints, morning stiffness, and subjective pain in inflammatory rheumatic diseases; It has been observed that combined therapies are more successful than single treatments, and with the repetition of the treatments, adaptation to work increases, workday loss and treatment costs decrease. Hot peloid is applied to the area as a 1.5-2 cm thick layer. The surface of the application area is covered with a material that provides transparent impermeability, the temperature of the mixture is maintained and it is covered with a towel.