Manual Therapy, Exercise and US Vs. Manual Therapy, Exercise and US for Medial Epicondylalgia

Conditions

• Epicondylalgia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - 60 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Electric Dry Needling, Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound — OTHER
  Electric Dry Needling, Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound
• Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound — OTHER
  Electric Dry Needling, Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound vs. Manual Therapy, Exercise and Ultrasound

Study Details

The purpose of this research is to compare two different approaches for treating patients with medial epicondylalgia: manual therapy, exercise and ultrasound and manual therapy, exercise, ultrasound and electric dry needling. Physical therapists commonly use all of these techniques to treat medial epicondylalgia. This study is attempting to find out if one treatment strategy is more effective than the other.

Key Dates

Start date

Oct 31, 2020

Status verified

May 2025

Primary completion

May 1, 2026

Completion

May 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

110 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: Experimental: Electric DN, Manual therapy, exercise and US
  Dry needling, manual therapy, exercise and ultrasound
• Active Comparator: Active comparator: Manual therapy, exercise and ultrasound
  Active comparator: Manual therapy, exercise and ultrasound

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in elbow pain intensity (NPRS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1-week, 4-weeks, 3-months ]

Central Contacts

• James Dunning, DPT PhD
  801-707-9056
  [email protected]
• Raymond J Butts, DPT PhD
  803-422-3954
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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