None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
An elbow brace is commonly used by patients to help manage the pain of tennis elbow, however good quality evidence to support the use of braces in the management of tennis elbow is scarce and the evidence is conflicting. The aim of this study is to compare the immediate effects of two tennis elbow braces; the ‘Go-Strap’ brace and a standard counterforce brace, in people with tennis elbow. It is hypothesised that the 'Go-Strap' brace will reduce pain and increase function significantly more than either the counterforce brace or a control (no treatment).
Interventions
There will be two independent variables in the research design; treatment condition and time (pre-, post-application). Treatment condition will have three levels; Go-strap (trademark, Sportstek, Australia) brace, a standard counterforce brace and a control condition. Participants will experience each treatment condition in a random order over three separate sessions. Participants will attend at approximately the same time of day on three occasions, each separated by at least 24 hours in order to
There will be two independent variables in the research design; treatment condition and time (pre-, post-application). Treatment condition will have three levels; Go-strap (trademark, Sportstek, Australia) brace, a standard counterforce brace and a control condition. Participants will experience each treatment condition in a random order over three separate sessions. Participants will attend at approximately the same time of day on three occasions, each separated by at least 24 hours in order to control for carry-over effects. Go-strap (trademark) brace: An experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapists will apply the brace to the affected elbow, following the manufacturer's instructions for application, in terms of orientation of the brace relative to the elbow and firmness of fit. The brace will be worn only for the time taken for post-intervention assessment (approximately 30 minutes). Hence, the only activities the participants will be performing whilst wearing the brace are the post-intervention outcome measures.
Sponsors
Griffith University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Pain over the lateral elbow of a minimum six weeks duration which is increased on palpation of the lateral epicondyle, gripping, and resisted wrist or 2nd or 3rd finger extension.
Exclusion criteria
Any treatment of the elbow pain by a health care practitioner within the preceding three months, corticosteroid injection to the affected elbow within the last six months, bilateral elbow symptoms, cervical radiculopathy, any other elbow joint pathology or peripheral nerve involvement, previous surgery to the elbow or a past history of dislocation, fracture of the elbow or tendon ruptures, systemic or neurological disorders, and shoulder, wrist and/or hand pathology.
Outcome results
None listed