Lateral Epicondylitis
Conditions
Interventions
The volunteers will be distributed randomly in 3 groups: group 1 (GFBM), Photobiomodulation and exercise protocol
group 2 (GE), electrical stimulation and exercise protocol
group 3 (GC), exercise protocol.
Each group will have 22 volunteers.
All groups will receive the proposed treatment for 8 weeks, performing 2 sessions per week.
The 3 groups will be submitted to the s
Device
E02.331
E02.774
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers will be included if they meet the following criteria: age between 18 and 70 years; less than 6 months of epicondylalgia symptoms; absence of systemic diseases; pain at palpation over the lateral epicondyle region of the elbow or common tendon pathway of the extensor muscles; pain to the movement of wrist extension against resistance Visual Analog Scale (AVE) score of pain equal to or greater than 3 and diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis of the elbow.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Will be excluded from the study volunteers who present a history of fracture in the elbow joint; carriers of osteosynthesis metal material in the upper limb; patients with cardiac pacemakers; tactile sensory deficit in the upper limb; history of conservative or surgical treatment for epicondylalgia in the last 3 months; use of anti-inflammatory medication during the experiment and volunteers who underwent corticosteroid injection in the last 3 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of function for the manual activities, resulting from the applied treatment, evaluated by the Patient-rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE), verifying the reduction of at least 11 points in the questionnaire to consider the significative result. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in the level of pain at rest with the proposed treatment, verified by a numerical scale of the pain of 11 points (0 to 10), considering a reduction of at least 3 points as a significant improvement. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactRicardo Guerra
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Outcome results
None listed