NCT04609735

Manual Therapy, Exercise and US Vs. Manual Therapy, Exercise and US for Medial Epicondylalgia

Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound Vs. Manual Therapy, Exercise, Ultrasound and Electric Dry Needling for Patients With Medial Epicondylalgia

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Alabama Physical Therapy & Acupuncture · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research is to compare two different approaches for treating patients with medial epicondylalgia: manual therapy, exercise and ultrasound and manual therapy, exercise, ultrasound and electric dry needling. Physical therapists commonly use all of these techniques to treat medial epicondylalgia. This study is attempting to find out if one treatment strategy is more effective than the other.

Detailed description

Patients with medial epicondylalgia will be randomized to receive 8 treatments (2 treatments per week) over 4 weeks (8 treatments max) of either: 1. manual therapy, exercise and ultrasound or 2. manual therapy, exercise, ultrasound and electric dry needling

Conditions

• Epicondylalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Electric Dry Needling, Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound	Electric Dry Needling, Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound
OTHER	Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound	Electric Dry Needling, Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound vs. Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-31
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2026-05-01
• First posted: 2020-10-30
• Last updated: 2025-05-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States