NCT03572803

Comparative Research Among 3 Action Protocol in Other to Approach Chronic Lateral Epicondyle Tendinopathy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad San Jorge · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The accomplishment of a treatment with Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis of additional form to the accomplishment of eccentric exercises and stretching program in patients with chronic lateral epicondyle tendinopathy is more effective than the accomplishment of an additional treatment with dry needling or eccentric exercises program realized of isolated form.

Detailed description

Experimental study randomized with double blind, whose purpose is to compare three protocols in those who apply different protocols of physical therapy to themselves in three groups of intervention with patients with chronic lateral epicondyle tendinopathy. There take part in this study people of both sexes, with ages between 18 and 65 years, all of them present chronic lateral epicondyle tendinopathy.

Conditions

• Tendinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Group of Dry Needling	Every group will receive a total of 3 treatment sessions distributed throughout 4 weeks of treatment. The program of eccentric exercises will be done by participants at home 5 days a week, two times a day.
OTHER	Group of Electrolysis	Every group will receive a total of 3 treatment sessions distributed throughout 4 weeks of treatment. The program of eccentric exercises will be done by participants at home 5 days a week, two times a day.
OTHER	Control Group	Every group will receive a total of 3 treatment sessions distributed throughout 4 weeks of treatment. The program of eccentric exercises will be done by participants at home 5 days a week, two times a day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-09
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2020-04-01
• First posted: 2018-06-28
• Last updated: 2018-06-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain