Comparison of Two Combined Therapeutic Methods for Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2006-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To compare the effectiveness of two combined therapeutic methods including corticosteroid injections with elbow cast versus ice massage and non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Azad University of Medical Sciences
• Treatments: Indomethacin; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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, or resisted extension of middle finger at the metacarpophalangeal joint

• pain to be continued for longer than 6 weeks or even with recurrent pain during similar period

Exclusion Criteria:

• previous history of receiving any treatment for lateral epicondylitis within 6 months prior to intervention

• patients who were unable to return for follow up

• patients with nerve entrapment

• pregnancy

• breast-feeding

• presence of systemic neuromuscular disorders such as myasthenia gravis

• upper limb fractures

• other arm/forearm pathology such as radial nerve compression

• known thrombocytopenia

• coagulopathy or bleeding diathesis

• history of diffuse pain syndrome

• history of inflammatory arthropathy

• intolerance/allergy to corticosteroids or NSAIDs or any contraindication for these

• untreated depression

• history of narcotic use for pain management greater than 1 month or history of narcotic abuse problem