Relationships Between Ultrasound Data and the Impact of Lateral Epicondylar Pain (NCT01390454) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Relationships Between Ultrasound Data and the Impact of Lateral Epicondylar Pain
France40 participantsStarted 2012-03-05
Plain-language summary
Our primary objective is to study the relationship between ultra sound data and the pain associated with tennis elbow.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria for Tennis Elbow patients:
* The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
* The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
* The patient is available for 90 days of follow up
* Pain when pressure applied to the epicondyl
* Pain upon forced movement of both epicondylien muscles
* Absence of pain upon forced movement of an epitrochlear muscle
* Absence of one or more skeletal-muscle problem on the homolateral arm felt by the patient to be just as problematic as his/her tennis elbow
* at least one consult for pain treatment associated with tennis elbow (on the same elbow)
Inclusion Criteria for healthy volunteers:
* The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
* The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
* No pain when pressure applied to the epicondyl
* No pain upon forced movement of both epicondylien muscles
* No neck pain
* No skeletal-muscle problems in the arms during the 3 months preceding the study
Exclusion Criteria for Tennis Elbow patients:
* The patient is included in another study
* The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
* The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
* The patient refuses to sign the consent
* It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
* The patient is pregnant
* The patient is breastfeeding
* Absence of one or more skeletal-muscle problem on the homolateral arm felt by the pa…
What they're measuring
1
Epicondylar surface movement relative to the supinators - extensor carpi radialis brevis and longus (affected elbow)
Timeframe: Days 7 to 15
2
Epicondylar surface movement relative to the supinators - extensor carpi radialis brevis and longus (good elbow)