Health Condition 1: M771- Lateral epicondylitis
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Matrix Rhythm Therapy: This group will receive MRT for 30 minutes covering proximal forearm muscles. This group will be given 5 sessions of intervention per week for 2 weeks and will re
Sponsors
Government Multispecialty Hospital Sector Chandigarh
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Both males and females between 16-55 years of age. 2. Patients having lateral elbow pain and also having tenderness over the lateral aspect of elbow and patients having Cozens/Mills test. Southampton Diagnostic Criteria will be used for the diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis or tennis elbow in these patients (Desouza etal. 2019). These criteria are defined as: 1) Pain in the lateral epicondyle zone in resistant active extension of the wrist. 2) Pain in the lateral epicondyle zone for 24 hours or more in the last 7 days. 3) Sensitivity on the lateral epicondyle zone.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Generalized inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Concurrent shoulder and/or neck pain and its related referred pain or pain proximal to the elbow on the affected side. 3. Any wound or skin lesion on the lateral side of the affected elbow. 4. Neurological symptoms or abnormal neurological findings in the affected arm. 5. Pregnancy 6. Severe infection 7. Known malignancy 8. Bleeding disorder 9. Previous surgery to the elbow 10. Oral and/or topical NSAID in the previous 2 weeks 11. Local corticosteroid injection in the previous month. 12. Oral glucocorticosteroids within the previous 6 weeks, 13. Subjects not willing to participate in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensityTimepoint: Evaluations will be performed at baseline, immediate post treatment, 4 weeks and 12 weeks after completion of 2 weeks treatment course. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Grip strength, Disability and quality of lifeTimepoint: Evaluations will be performed at baseline, immediate post treatment, 4 weeks and 12 weeks after completion of 2 weeks treatment course. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Pankajpreet Singh
Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib
Outcome results
None listed