NCT05537636

Physical Therapy on Non-structural Medial Elbow Pain

Effect of Regional Interdepence Physical Therapy Approach on Non-structural Medial Elbow Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Timothy Uhl · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is investigating the effect of using a regional interdependence approach of managing non-structural elbow pain with physical therapy.

Detailed description

Potential patients will be referred for physical therapy with elbow nerve pain arising from a non-structural lesion. We believe by addressing spine and trunk posture and mobility we can relieve elbow pain associated with a nerve compression with physical therapy. Patients will be put on a staged exercise program to regain spinal mobility and strengthen proximal core musculature and scapular musculature. Manual therapy to facilitate mobility will be incorporated. Patients will undergo standard physical therapy by an unblinded therapist until resolution of symptoms.

Conditions

• Elbow Injuries and Disorders
• Neuritis, Ulnar
• Neuritis, Brachial
• Neuritis; Nerve Root
• Neuritis Median Nerve

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Rehabiltiation using exercise and manual therapy	A licensed Physical Therapist will provide manual therapy to help restore spinal and scapular mobility. In association with this patients will be prescribed home exercises using a phased approach. Phase 1 to gain mobility of the spine and scapular motor control Phase 2 to gain shoulder mobility to strengthen scapular and spine musculature Phase 3 shoulder strengthening with long lever arms.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-30
• Completion: 2023-08-30
• First posted: 2022-09-13
• Last updated: 2023-11-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States