Status:

COMPLETED

Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Cupping Therapy in The Treatment of Tennis Elbow: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Lead Sponsor:

October 6 University

Conditions:

Tennis Elbow

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

One hundred and twenty patients (67 females and 53 males) with unilateral TE were included in the study from January 2020 to December 2020 and diagnosed by an orthopedist. Their ages ranged between 20...

Detailed Description

They were divided randomly into three groups by lottery method. Group A (n=30) received conventional therapy, group B (n=30) received TENS in addition to conventional therapy, group C received cupping...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- Patients with pain in the lateral epicondylar region, increased pain with pressure and resistance to wrist extension, persistence of symptoms for more than three months, no physical therapy interventions during the last three months

Exclusion

  • patients with bilateral tennis elbow, proximal radio-ulnar joint synovitis, radial nerve entrapment, cervical spine radiculopathy, other diseases like medial epicondylitis, impaired sensibility and paralysis that may affect the outcome measurement and previous injury or surgery in the region of common extensor origin

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 12 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 20 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04867811

Start Date

January 12 2020

End Date

December 20 2020

Last Update

April 30 2021

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Bassam

Qaliubia, Egypt