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Eccentric Training With or Without Elbow Brace for Epicondylitis

NCT01273688 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2011-01-10

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Summary

Lateral epicondylitis is a painful overuse condition also described as lateral elbow tendinopathy. As at the Achilles tendon or the patella tendon, lateral elbow tendinopathy has striking clinically and histologically similarities. As such, neovascularisation closely related to pain-mediating fibers are encountered. Eccentric painful exercise is of clinical use in Achilles and patella tendinopathy. We sought to evaluate the clinical effect of a painful eccentric training (supination and pronation) with or without a orthopedic elbow brace in lateral epicondylitis.

Conditions

  • Epicondylitis
  • Tendinopathy
  • Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Eccentric training (Flex-Bar)

6x15 repetitions of supination and pronation daily over 12 weeks

DEVICE

EpiHit elbow brace

daily wearing of the EpiHit elbow brace

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hannover Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karsten Knobloch, FACS, MD, PhD · Hannover Medical School, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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