Effectiveness of Percutaneous Electrolysis in the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylalgia. A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

NCT ID: NCT03225404

Last Updated: 2022-03-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 32 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-07-18
• Study Completion Date: 2018-09-18

Brief Summary

The concept of epicondylitis refers to the manifestation of pain ni the area of insertation of the epicondile muscles, and that it is accompained by limitation funcional.A tendinopathy is characterized as a process of degenaration, with fibroblast proliferation and disorganization of the fibers of collagen. This tendon pathology especially affects the epicondyle extensors and especially the first and second radial and short extensor carpal.

Detailed Description

Eccentric exercises of the epicondyle muscles were performed in 3 sets of 10 repetitions. Participants were asked to perform the exercise program on an individual basis twice every day for 4 weeks. The eccentric program consisted of 3 exercises, focusing on the epicondyle muscles. Participants were asked to do a normal flexion extension (concentric phase) and a slow return to the initial position (eccentric phase) included first the concentric phase, and the eccentric phase was slowly conducted. The exercise program was taught by a physiotherapist in the first session and monitored in the subsequent sessions.

Conditions

Epicondylitis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Experimental group

EPTE + EXER Therapeutic Percutaneous Electrolysis once week for four weeks associated with eccentric exercises devices at home.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Epte group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Therapeutic Percutaneous Electrolysis once week for four weeks associated with eccentric exercises devices at home.

Control group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Dry needling group

Intervention Type: OTHER

The intervention for this group consisted of dry needling in trigger points associated with eccentric exercises devices at home.

Interventions

Epte group

Therapeutic Percutaneous Electrolysis once week for four weeks associated with eccentric exercises devices at home.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Dry needling group

The intervention for this group consisted of dry needling in trigger points associated with eccentric exercises devices at home.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

EPTE + EXER; DN +EXER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients of both sexes, aged between 18 and 60 years, in an active state of pain and with a diagnosis of one month of evolution.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who are pregnant, have pacemakers and those surgically operated patients who have been treated with Epte a month earlier

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Cadiz

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Manuel Rodriguez Huguet

Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Manuel Rodriguez Huguet, Physiotherapy

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Cadiz

Locations

Policlínica Santa maría

Cadiz, Cádiz, Spain

Countries

Spain

References

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 25122629 (View on PubMed)

Minaya-Munoz F, Medina-Mirapeix F, Valera-Garrido F. Quality measures for the care of patients with lateral epicondylalgia. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Oct 30;14:310. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-310.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 24172311 (View on PubMed)

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 19297202 (View on PubMed)

Arias-Buria JL, Truyols-Dominguez S, Valero-Alcaide R, Salom-Moreno J, Atin-Arratibel MA, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Electrolysis and Eccentric Exercises for Subacromial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:315219. doi: 10.1155/2015/315219. Epub 2015 Nov 15.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 26649058 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

UCadiz

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id