NCT04187287

Comparison of Two Different Treatment Effects on Individuals With Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis

Comparison of Effects of Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Deep Friction Massage on Individuals With Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Eastern Mediterranean University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 66 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (rESWT) treatment and Deep Friction Massage (DFM) treatment on pain, functionality, grip strength (GS), edema, range of motion (ROM) of the elbow and quality of life in individuals with chronic lateral epicondylitis (CLE). 36 individuals diagnosed with CLE will be randomly divided into two equal groups. rESWT treatment will be applied to Group 1 and DFM treatment to Group 2. Visual analogue scale will be used to assess pain severity, functionality with Patient-Rated Elbow Evaluation Turkish version (PRTEE-T), GS with digital dynamometer, ROM of the elbow joint with goniometer, edema with environmental measurement, and quality of life with Short Form 36 (SF-36).

Conditions

• Tennis Elbow
• Lateral Epicondylitis
• Tendinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy	Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy will given for 3 weeks, 1 days in a week. moreover 10-12 minutes cold pack will apply for every session
OTHER	Deep Friction Massage	Deep Friction Massage will given for 3 weeks, 3 days in a week. Massage duration will be 10-15 min. for each session. Moreover 10-12 minutes cold pack will apply for every session. Also Mill's manipulation technique will applied once a week during 3 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-09
• Primary completion: 2020-01-22
• Completion: 2020-01-31
• First posted: 2019-12-05
• Last updated: 2020-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Cyprus