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Last refreshed on: 23 May 2016
Main ID:  NCT02308514
Date of registration: 26/11/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Public title: Does Adding Cryostimulation to Conservative Care Help in Managing Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis? a Pilote Study
Scientific title: Does Adding Cryostimulation to Conservative Care Help in Managing Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis? a Pilote Study
Date of first enrolment: September 2014
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02308514
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Caregiver), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Nadia Richer Richer, M.Sc.
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Affiliation:  Clinique universitaire de chiropratique
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Must have pain at lateral elbow (lateral epicondylitis) for at least six months

- Pain must not come from trauma

- Painful palpation of the lateral epicondyle

- At least one out of two positive test: Cozen's, Mill's

Exclusion Criteria:

- Fibromyalgia

- Diabetes

- Patient taking more than three medications at the time of inclusion

- Cervical radiculopathy

- Painful shoulder

- Cold intolerance / allergies

- Smoking

- Cortisone infiltration at the painful lateral epicondyle in the month previous to the
inclusion



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lateral Epicondylitis
Intervention(s)
Other: conservative care
Device: cryostimulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Visual Analog Pain Scale [Time Frame: at inclusion - ninth visit - 3 months after last treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
pain free grip strength [Time Frame: at inclusion - ninth visit - 3 months after last treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
CER-14-203-07.08
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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