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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02930304
Date of registration: 02/10/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Hacettepe University
Public title: Non-Surgical Treatment Approaches in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Lateral Epicondylitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Scientific title: Non-Surgical Treatment Approaches in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Lateral Epicondylitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: August 2016
Target sample size: 45
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02930304
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Participant).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Turkey
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- diagnosed with tennis elbow,

- and the duration of symptoms was between 8 and 10 weeks,

- and pain over the lateral epicondyle, pain during grip strength testing, and pain with
one of the following tests: extensor carpi radialis test (i.e., resisted middle-finger
extension), resisted wrist extension, or passive stretch of the wrist extensors.

- Furthermore, the participants had to agree to abstain from any other form of treatment
during their involvement in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients with inflammatory, autoimmune, endocrine or kidney diseases, cubital tunnel
syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, radiculopathies due to cervical disc pathologies,
additional shoulder-hand-wrist pathologies, inflammatory arthritis, upper extremity
operations or traumas,

- allergies to adhesive tape,

- and the patients who received corticosteroid injection due to lateral epicondylitis
within the last 3 months



Age minimum: 35 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tennis Elbow
Intervention(s)
Other: first physiotherapy
Other: second physiotherapy
Other: third physiotherapy
Primary Outcome(s)
pain assessment [Time Frame: from baseline to third week after treatment sessions]
Secondary Outcome(s)
maximum grip strength evaluation [Time Frame: from baseline to third week after treatment sessions]
functional assessment [Time Frame: from baseline to third week after treatment sessions]
Secondary ID(s)
GO13/493
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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