Effects of Eccentric Training for Patients With Lateral Epicondylalgia

Tennis Elbow Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Eccentric Training for Patients With Lateral Epicondylalgia - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00975442
• Other study ID #: 221/00
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 10, 2009
• Last updated: September 10, 2009
• Start date: February 2005
• Est. completion date: May 2005

Study information

• Verified date: September 2009
• Source: Karolinska Institutet
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Sweden: Regional Ethical Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate eccentric training as an intervention for lateral epicondylalgia (tennis elbow) in a clinical setting.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 42
• Est. completion date: May 2005
• Est. primary completion date: May 2005
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Positive diagnostic criteria according to Haker (1991): A history of pain around the lateral epicondyle for at least one month.

• Pain at palpation of the lateral epicondyle of humerus and positive results in two of the following three pain provocation tests: Middle finger test, resisted extension of the wrist, and Vigorimeter test. Each of these tests is described in detail by Haker (1991)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis

• Fibromyalgia

• Previous surgery in the elbow region

• Neck dysfunction suggesting possible cervical rhizopathy

• Entrapment of n.radialis

• Patients with ongoing treatment, or previous treatment less than three months before enrolled to the study.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epicondylitis, Lateral Humeral
• Tennis Elbow

Intervention

Other:
• Eccentric training
A home training program of eccentric training of the wrist extensors to be carried out daily with 3 sets of 15 repetitions. All subjects were instructed to use the forearm band (Epi Forsa 4061, Rehband, Sweden)

Device:
• Forearm band
All subjects were instructed to use the forearm band during all daily activities.
• Forearm band
All patients were instructed to use a forearm band during all daily activities.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Karolinska Institutet	Stockholm

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karolinska Institutet	Rehband Sweden

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Diagnostic criteria, whether or not the patient had recovered according to the diagnostic criteria for LE, Haker (1991) at follow up examinations		3 wk and 6 wk follow up	No
Secondary	Measurements of pain free functional grip strength using the Martin Vigorimeter test, and maximum pain free isometric extensor strength by using Nicholas Myometer		3 wk and 6 wk follow-up	No