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Use of TPD Heat Lamp for Tennis Elbow Pain - a Randomized-controlled Trial

NCT00725023 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2011-09-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Tennis elbow (Lateral epicondylitis) is a common condition seen in Family Medicine that gives rise to pain, and can lead to loss of function and time off work.

The normal treatment for tennis elbow pain is oral pain relief medication (analgesia), and/or physiotherapy, local massage or even surgery. In mainland China, tennis elbow pain has also been treated using TDP © Heat-lamp therapy, and is considered to be an effective treatment for this condition.

This study is a clinical trial that seeks to measure the effectiveness of the TDP © Heat-lamp therapy to relieve tennis elbow pain without the use of oral pain medication.

Conditions

  • Lateral Epicondylitis

Interventions

DEVICE

TDP© Lamp

TDP© heat lamp is an electrical device with a heating element sitting behind a ceramic plate made of clay and minerals

DEVICE

Dummy TDP© Lamp

The dummy TDP© heat lamp is an electrical device with the heating element removed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lawrence Leung, MD · Queen's University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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