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Treatment Study of Steroid Injection and Physical Therapy for Acute Lateral Epicondylitis

NCT00826462 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 177

Last updated 2022-01-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical effect of physiotherapy alone or combined with corticosteroid injection in the initial treatment of lateral epicondylitis in a primary care setting.

To find the short and long term effect of physiotherapy with Mill's manipulation, deep friction massage and exercise therapy.

To ascertain wether the outcome is influenced by corticosteroid injection, which has been shown to be of benefit alone in the short term?

Conditions

  • Tennis Elbow
  • Epicondylitis, Lateral Humeral

Interventions

DRUG

triamcinolone

Injection with triamcinolone 10 mg at start and at 3 weeks

DRUG

Placebo

Injection with sodium chloride at start and at 3 weeks

DRUG

Lidocaine

10 mg of lidocaine at start and at 3 weeks

OTHER

Physiotherapy

12 treatments with deep friction massage, Mill's manipulation, soft tissue treatment and home exercises

DRUG

Naproxen

Naproxen 500 mg bid for 14 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Allmennmedisinsk forskningsfond, Norway

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Morten Lindbaek, Ph. D. · University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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