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Filter by:This study is a double-blind, randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of oral Diclofenac and Tramadol in reducing the consumption of narcotic pills (primary outcome) and minimizing patients' exposure to narcotics (secondary outcome) following an ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle tenotomy procedure on the lateral elbow. The primary objective of this study is to illustrate a reduction in the consumption of narcotic pills following a percutaneous needle tenotomy procedure on the lateral elbow. The secondary aim is to assess the proportion of patients who have been randomly assigned to Diclofenac and successfully refrain from using the Tramadol rescue medication, measured at the 10 day (+/- 4 days) postoperative mark. The third objective is to uphold consistent early recovery outcomes as measured by the Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) and Quick Disability of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (QuickDASH) scores after percutaneous needle tenotomy of the lateral elbow, while also investigating the relationship between resiliency and pain catastrophizing in relation to Tramadol usage and response to Diclofenac.
Central sensitization (CS) is a common feature in chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, chronic whiplash syndrome, fibromyalgia, temporomandibular joint disorders, low back pain and lateral elbow pain. CS is defined as "an amplification of neural signaling within the central nervous system that elicits pain hypersensitivity". Clinical signs are allodynia, hyperalgesia and widespread pain, originating from the enhanced activity of central nervous system to peripheral afferent input from unimodal and polymodal receptors. CS not only induces abnormal pain processing, it may also lead to motor performance dysfunction in chronic pain population. CS induce cortical reorganization including changes in gray matter, cortical representation and cortical excitability both in motor and somatosensory cortex. This process ultimately generates sensorimotor conflict that described as a mismatch between motor intention and sensory feedback, and may directly effect on motor performance. The structural changes in basal ganglia and reduced GABAergic activity in the motor cortex contribute to the alteration of the motor performance. It has been known that CS and fatigue, another indicator of the motor performance, has a bidirectional effect and fatigue is predicted by CS, independently of the presence of pain. CS affect fatigue via causing disrupted reward process, increased effort and pain expactation. The increased cervical spine hypersensitivity in patients with LEP even if there is no accompanied neck or upper limb pain may also indicate of the fatigue as pain does not always suggest an injury and biomechanical damage to a tissue does not always suggest that an individual will experience pain. If neck muscle fatigue is effected by central sensitization in patients with LEP, it can be important to develop therapeutic strategies to prevent neck muscle fatigue as there is a relationship between fatigue and increased risk of injury. Despite the fact that central sensitization effect on neck pain has been well documented in patients with LEP, its role on fatigue had not gain enough clinical and research attention. To know about central sensitization effect on motor performance can also be useful for determine subgroup of population who have central sensitization. However, it is unknown whether remote body endurance alteration occur in lateral elbow pain or not.
This study will be looking at people with lateral elbow tendinopathy (elbow pain). The goal is to determine if a one-time isometric intervention will positively change the level of pain and strength as compared to baseline measurements. After determining baseline strength and pain level, an intervention consisting of several trials of isometric hand/wrist contractions will be performed by the participant. Pain and strength will again be assessed immediately after the intervention.
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of platelet rich plasma, whole blood and saline vehicle on the natural course of lateral epicondylitis.