Comparison of Conservative Methods for the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Randomized, Prospective Study

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a prospective study where patients with lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) will be randomized into one of 4 possible treatments. The purpose is to individually examine the efficacy of each treatment, and determine if one treatment method is more effective than another. The four treatments are: corticosteriod injections, prolotherapy, NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) combined with physical therapy, and a placebo.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Lidocaine; Sodium Morrhuate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• pain over the lateral epicondyle (via palpation over the lateral epicondyle, resisted wrist extension, resisted finger extension of the middle finger) for less than six-months duration prior to enrollment

• conservative treatment of tennis elbow is recommended as standard of care treatment

• over the age of 18 and under the age of 65

• ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• treatment by a health care profession (MD, physicians assistnat, therapist, or nurse practitioner) within the previous 6 months for tennis elbow

• congenital deformities, tendon ruptures, or fractures of the elbow within the previous 12 months

• immobility casts or splints within the last 6 months for tennis elbow

• co-existing elbow diagnosis (i.e. osteoarthritis or instability)

• pregnant women, women trying to get pregnant, or breastfeeding women

• under the age of 18 or over the age of 65