The Effect of Multimodal Approach of Electrotherapy Versus Shock Wave Therapy in Menopausal Women With Tennis Elbow.
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: multimodal electrotherapy, shock wave therapy, exercise.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Shock Wave. Basic parameters: 45 years — 55 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
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Official title
The Effect of Multimodal Approach of Electrotherapy Versus Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Menopausal Women With Tennis Elbow : A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Overview
Tennis Elbow (or Lateral Epicondylalgia) is one of the most common overload injuries that it is the most frequent cause of lateral elbow pain, occurring to people between 40-60 years of age. It is characterized by pain on the outside of the elbow, usually near the lateral epicondyle bone where the extensor carpi Brevis tendon attaches, aggravated by gripping or wringing activities During menopause period, declining estrogen levels can negatively impact tendon health. Estrogen plays a protective role in tendons, contributing to their strength and ability to withstand load.
Detailed description
As estrogen decreases, tendons may become weaker, less resilient, and more susceptible to injury, potentially leading to conditions like tendinopathy. This can often add to these feelings of pain and limit of function ; and possibly limit your movements in day to day activities. Multimodal electrotherapy ( low level laser therapy plus interferential current) and extracorporeal shock wave therapy can be used to improve this problem.
Interventions
- Other multimodal electrotherapy
subjects will receive multimodal approach of electrotherapy (LLLT , and IFC) with conventional physical therapy modalities in the form of (stretch and strengthen exercises ) 3 sessions every week for 6 weeks - Other shock wave therapy
subjects will receive shock wave therapy with conventional physical therapy modalities 3 sessions every week for 6 weeks. - Other exercise
subjects will receive with conventional physical therapy modalities only in the form of (stretching and strengthening therapeutic exercises ) 3 sessions every week for 6 weeks.
Primary outcome measures
- Visual analogue scale [Time frame: 6 weeks]
- hand grip [Time frame: 6 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
1\) forty five menopausel females suffer from chronic lateral epicondylitis from Department of out patient orthopedic clinic of 6 october hospital .
(2) Their age ranged from 45 \_55 years old 3) Their BMI will be 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2. 4) Point tenderness at the lateral epicondyle. 5) Positive Cozen test 6) Symptoms duration of minimum 3 months
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with cervical radiculopathy ,thoracic outlet syndrome ,
- dysfunction in shoulder or elbow with corticosteroid injection in previous three months.
- Their BMI more than 25 kg/m2.
- Unrelated to any traumatic conditions
- Any previous fracture elbow, wrist or hand
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Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- Heba — Cairo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07750080 · 000115