Effectiveness of Steroid Injection in Treating Patients With Lateral Epicondylitis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of steroid injection and immobilization versus no immobilization in treating patients with lateral epicondylitis.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18 to 65 years

• confirmed lateral epicondylitis

• had not received any treatment prior to enrolment

Exclusion Criteria:

• symptoms lasting less than 6 weeks

• history of acute trauma, fracture, and/or surgery within 12 months

• patients who had received corticosteroid injection, physiotherapy, splint or casting during the past 6 months

• bilateral involvement and history of cervical disk herniation, radiculopathy or abnormal electrophysiologic study