Tennis Elbow Patients Undergoing Closed Therapy Can Easily Cause Tendon Tear

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04457024

Enrollment

108

Registered

2020-07-07

Start date

2020-01-01

Completion date

2020-04-01

Last updated

2020-07-07

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Conditions

Hyperlipidemia, MRI, Tennis Elbow

Brief summary

To explore whether there is a difference in the rate of tendon tear after hyperlipemia in tennis elbow patients and those with normal blood lipids after closed treatment, which provides clues for further exploration of its mechanism. 1. Collect data from 108 cases of tennis elbow patients treated at the Institute of Sports Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital from January 2010 to December 2018 at the Institute of Sports Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital. Statistics included the sex, age, BMI, number of closures, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein. 2. Retrieve the MRI imaging data of the above-mentioned patients, and use the extensor tendon at the humerus to see if there is a tear as an observation indicator. Analyze the difference of tendon tear after closed treatment in patients with high blood fat and normal blood fat.

Interventions

OTHERclassification statistics

Without any intervention

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Inclusion criteria

* All patients with tennis elbows in our hospital

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Use MRI to assess whether the tendon is torn	3 months	One sports medicine surgeon and one musculoskeletal radiologists, being blinded to the patients' information, reviewed the elbow MRI independently. The common extensor tendon (CET) abnormalities were evaluated on axial and coronal fat-suppressed T2-weighted FSE image. Tendinosis group was defined as an increased signal intensity, but lower than the fluid signal on T2-weighted images and/ or an increased tendon thickness. Tendon tear group contain a partial thickness tear defined as a region with fluid-signal-intensity that extended partway across the tendon and a full thickness tear appeared as a gap of fluid-signal-intensity across the entire tendon substance.

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026