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

Tennis Elbow Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04867811
• Other study ID #: 7645
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 12, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: April 2021
• Source: October 6 University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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 and 50 years old.

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 therapy with conventional therapy and group D (n=30) received TENS and cupping therapy plus conventional therapy. All patients read and signed a consent form before participation in this trial. This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Physical Therapy, October 6 University, Egypt. 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 were included in the study while 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 were excluded from this study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 20, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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 Criteria:

• 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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Tennis Elbow

Intervention

Other:
• conventional therapy
conventional therapy
• cupping therapy
cupping therapy

Device:
• TENS
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Other:
• TENS and cupping therapy
TENS and cupping therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Bassam	Qaliubia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
October 6 University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Visual Analog Scale (VAS)		4 weeks
Primary	Pain-Free Grip Strength		4 weeks
Primary	Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE)		4 weeks