NCT03834090

Effectiveness of Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Supervised Exercises in Lateral Epicondylitis

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Supervised Exercises in the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

No consensus has yet been built on the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE) due to the lack of evidence. Although conflicting results are present, radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) has increasingly been used in the treatment of tendinopathy

Detailed description

ESWT and exercise have beneficial effects on the management of tendinopathies owing to their various mechanisms that showed therapeutic efficacy. Owing to its positive outcomes, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has recently been used in the treatment of musculoskeletal system diseases such as plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinopathy, calcific rotator cuff tendinopathies, and patellar tendinopathy

Conditions

• Lateral Epicondylitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	rESWT	rESWT was administered once per week for 3 weeks using a ShockMaster 500 device with 1.8 bar pneumatic pressure, 10 Hz frequency, with 2000 pulses.
OTHER	Supervised exercises	A program including post-isometric relaxation, and progressive resistance exercise (eccentric wrist extension) on the wrist extensors

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-02-20
• Primary completion: 2015-08-15
• Completion: 2016-01-15
• First posted: 2019-02-07
• Last updated: 2019-02-07