Effect of Premodulated Current Versus Diadynamic Current On the Management of Tennis Elbow.

Tennis Elbow Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Premodulated Current Versus Diadynamic Current On the Management of Tennis Elbow.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05084664
• Other study ID #: 897
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 15, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2021

Study information

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

Clinical Trial Summary

104 patients with unilateral tennis elbow from both genders (57 females and 43 males) referred by orthopaedist with age ranged between 20 and 60 years.

Description:

hey were recruited in the study from October 2020 to September 2021 and allocated randomly into two groups. Group A received premodulated current in addition to exercises, and group B received diadynamic current with the same exercises. Each patient signed the informed consent form approved by the faculty of physical therapy, October 6 university, Egypt and prospectively registered (Clinical Trials.gov, Identifier NCT03338283). Patients was selected according to the following criteria.

Inclusive criteria

• Patients suffer from pain at the lateral part of the elbow and radiated to the forearm with tenderness increasing on pressure on the lateral epicondyle and on resistance of hand extension

• lasting of the symptoms for 3 months

• no previous physiotherapy interventions.

Exclusive criteria

Internal or external fixation

• arthritis of elbow

• contraindications to electrotherapy like pacemaker, dermatological skin disease, epilepsy, abnormal sensation, and pregnancy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 104
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients suffer from pain at the lateral part of the elbow and radiated to the forearm with tenderness increasing on pressure on the lateral epicondyle and on resistance of hand extension

• lasting of the symptoms for 3 months

• previous physiotherapy interventions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Internal or external fixation

• arthritis of elbow

• contraindications to electrotherapy like pacemaker, dermatological skin disease, epilepsy, abnormal sensation, and pregnancy.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Tennis Elbow

Intervention

Device:
• electrical stimulation
premodulated current+ exercises
• electrical stimulation
diadynamic current+ exercises

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	baseline hydraulic hand dynamometer	grip strength measurement (200 lb.90 kg Capacity)	6 weeks
Primary	Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE)	pain and functional measurement (The maximum score is 50 for the pain subscale and 100 for the function subscale)	6 weeks
Primary	baseline hydraulic pinch gauge	pinch measurement (50 lb.22.5 kg Capacity)	6 weeks