NCT05238090

Efficacy of a Stretching Protocol for Lateral Epicondylitis

Efficacy of a Whole Upper Limb Stretching Protocol for Lateral Epicondylitis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Cadiz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Evaluation of the applying a stretching protocol to lateral epicondylitis.

Detailed description

Epicondylitis is one of the most common soft tissue disorders of the locomotor system of the upper limb. Despite the existence of a large number of therapeutic alternatives for this type of injury, no agreed treatment protocol has been found. Some authors even suggest treating the patient from a more global biomechanical perspective. OBJECTIVES. To evaluate the efficacy of applying a stretching protocol to the entire muscle chain involved in this injury and circumscribed to the entire affected upper limb. METHODOLOGY. The study will be made up of 40 patients of both genders, randomly distributed in two groups: a control group made up of twenty patients to whom the usual Physiotherapy treatment will be applied, and an experimental group made up of the rest of the subjects, in which a stretching protocol will be applied to the whole upper limb affected and defined for this study. The evaluation process will consist of measuring pain perception using a visual analogue scale (VAS) and grip strength with a dynamometer. These measurements will be performed on all study subjects before starting treatment, at week 4 and week 6.

Conditions

• Epicondylitis, Lateral
• Elbow Tendinopathy
• Epicondylitis of the Elbow
• Epicondylitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Passive and active analytical stretching exercises	For each stretching technique described, 3 repetitions of 15 seconds duration will be performed of 15 seconds duration each, within the patient's tolerance threshold. In any case, the impossibility of performing any technique due to exacerbation of pain shall be recorded in a patient record created for this study, noting the technique in question and the reason for its technique in question and the reason for its non-application. Passive stretches shall be applied in the same order for all subjects. The physiotherapists in charge of applying the treatments will be trained in advance in the different techniques to be applied and will not in the different techniques to be applied and shall not intervene at any time in the two previous phases. Both the control group and the study group will receive their respective treatments two days a week for four weeks. In no case will any other type of treatment be associated treatment during the whole process.
OTHER	Static stretching of the extensor carpi radialis brevis and eccentric strengthening of the wrist extensor musculature	Static stretching of the extensor carpi radialis brevis and eccentric strengthening of the wrist extensor musculature

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-30
• Primary completion: 2022-05-03
• Completion: 2023-05-05
• First posted: 2022-02-14
• Last updated: 2022-03-07