CompletedNot Applicable

Treatment of Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy

Denmark60 participantsStarted 2015-10

Plain-language summary

This study investigates the treatment effect on lateral elbow tendinopathy of strength training in combination with cortico-steroid injection, dry-needling or placebo in a double-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 70 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Pain around the lateral part of the elbow joint for more than 4 weeks.
✓. Pain on palpation of the proximal part of the common extensor tendon.
✓. Pain reproduced with resisted dorsiflexion of the wrist.
✓. Dash score \> 30.
✓. Ultrasonographic appearance consistent with lateral elbow tendinopathy (irregular appearance of the tendon, hypo-/hyper-echoic changes, pathological doppler signal, increased tendon thickness).

What they're measuring

Change in disability questionnaire: DASH-score. Area under the DASH-score versus time curve (AUC).

Timeframe: Baseline, week 17, 30, and 56.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02521298

SponsorBispebjerg Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-04-05

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