CompletedPhase 3

Treatment of Tennis Elbow With Botulinum Toxin

Hong Kong60 participantsStarted 2002-09

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Botulinum A toxin is effective in the treatment of tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 years and up * Pain at the lateral side of the elbow * Pain at the lateral epicondyle during resisted dorsiflexion of the wrist with the elbow in full extension * Pain for longer than 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Previous operations (including previous steroid injections for the disorder) * Nerve entrapment * Pregnancy and while breast-feeding * Presence of systemic neuromuscular disorders such as myasthenia gravis

What they're measuring

100 mm visual analog scale (VAS)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00119704

SponsorChinese University of Hong Kong

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

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