CompletedNCT06730789Updated Dec 12, 2024

Conservative Treatment in Lateral Epicondylitis

An interventional study of Epicondylitis bandage and Wrist dorsiflexion splint in Lateral Epicondylitis, sponsored by Uludag University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-12.

Sponsored by Uludag University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

Registered 3 years 11 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Dec 2020, registered Dec 2024).

Phase: Not applicable
Study type: Interventional
Enrollment: 54
Allocation: Randomized
Ages: 18 Years and older
Sex: All

Study summary

Conservative treatments follow the vast majority of treatments in lateral epicondylitis. In this research, we aimed to elucidate the treatment outcomes of patients via epicondylitis bandage, wrist dorsiflexion splint, and kinesio tape groups by sequential randomization and to compare treatment outcomes.

Conditions studied

Lateral Epicondylitis

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Lead sponsor

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Who can participate

Ages eligible: 18 Years and older
Sexes eligible: All
Accepts healthy volunteers: No

Inclusion criteria

Patients who were ≥18 years of age, and had no history of elbow surgery.
Participants should have pain and sensitivity, with symptom duration less than 12 weeks.
Patients with a positive result in one of the provocation tests (Maudsley's Test-resisted middle finger extension extensor carpi radialis test), resisted wrist extension, or passive stretching of the wrist extensors (Mill's Test) were included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients under 18 years of age,
patients who did not consent to participate in the study,
those who had previous surgery on the elbow,
presence of cervical spondylosis and radiculopathy,
presence of endocrine disease,
presence of autoimmune disease,
presence of concomitant entrapment neuropathy or polyneuropathy,
pregnancy,
presence of systemic inflammatory disease,
presence of acute trauma,
presence of deformity in the upper extremity,
presence of metabolic disease,
presence of elbow arthritis,
presence of allergy to kinesio tape and orthoses,
having received treatment for lateral epicondylitis in the past (exercise, injection, NSAIDs).

Study design

Phase: Not applicable
Primary purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel assignment
Masking: None (open label)
Enrollment: 54 participants (actual)

Study arms

Experimental
Lateral Epicondylitis (treatment with epicondylitis bandage)
Patients with diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis.
Device: Epicondylitis bandage
Experimental
Lateral Epicondylitis (treatment with wrist dorsiflexion orthesis)
Patients with diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis.
Device: Wrist dorsiflexion splint
Experimental
Lateral Epicondylitis (treatment with kinesio tape)
Patients with diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis.
Device: Kinesio tape

Interventions

DeviceEpicondylitis bandage
A conservative treatment method of lateral epicondylitis.
DeviceWrist dorsiflexion splint
A conservative treatment method of lateral epicondylitis.
DeviceKinesio tape
A conservative treatment method of lateral epicondylitis

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

Visual analog score
Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 10 Minimum is better.
Time frame: Baseline
Visual analog score
Minimum value: 0 Maximum value:10 Minimum is better.
Time frame: At sixth weeks.

Secondary outcomes

Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder Score
Minimum value:0 Maximum value:100 Minimum is better
Time frame: Baseline
Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder Score
Minimum value:0 Maximum value:100 Minimum is better
Time frame: At sixth weeks.

Other outcomes

Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation Score
Minimum value:0 Maximum value:10 Minimum is better.
Time frame: Baseline
Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation Score
Minimum value:0 Maximum value:10 Minimum is better.
Time frame: At sixth weeks.
hand grip strength
Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 100 Maximum is better.
Time frame: Baseline
hand grip strength
Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 100 Maximum is better.
Time frame: At sixth weeks.

Study locations

1 site

Bursa Uludag University
Bursa, Nilüfer 16059, Turkey

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026

No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 12, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Registry details

Key details

Study ID: NCT06730789
Lead sponsor: Uludag University
Responsible party: Yücel Bilgin (MD, Orthopedics and Traumatolody Specialist, Uludag University) — Principal investigator
First posted: Dec 12, 2024
Start date: Dec 15, 2020
Primary completion: Dec 15, 2021
Completion: May 15, 2022
Last update: Dec 12, 2024

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug: No
FDA-regulated device: No

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