Status:
TERMINATED
Use of TPD Heat Lamp for Tennis Elbow Pain - a Randomized-controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Queen's University
Conditions:
Lateral Epicondylitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Tennis elbow (Lateral epicondylitis) is a common condition seen in Family Medicine that gives rise to pain, and can lead to loss of function and time off work. The normal treatment for tennis elbow p...
Detailed Description
Double-blind randomized controlled trial Patient recruitment Patients registered in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system of the Family Medicine Centre of Queen's University with a confirmed di...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients that have consented.
- Patients diagnosed with tennis elbow pain. Definition of tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) is "pain or tenderness on loading relevant muscle on the lateral epicondyle, with no shoulder or wrist pain.". Patients recruited will be interviewed and examined to confirm the clinical diagnosis. The level of pain will be assessed with the visual analogue scale (VAS) and level of functional disability with the QUICKDASH Questionnaire.
- Patients must be between the ages of 18-65.
Exclusion
- Patients with existing diagnosis of neuropathic pain, metabolic or metastatic bone pain will be excluded. So will patients with recent or previous bone fracture of the elbow and epicondyles.
- Patients taking any form of oral analgesia in the last 2 weeks prior to randomization.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
116 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00725023
Start Date
August 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2011
Last Update
September 14 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Queen's University-CPC, 220 Bagot Street
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 5E9