About this trial
This study is intended to find the effects of Eccentric exercises along with muscle energy technique (MET) on pain, functional disability, range of motion and grip strength in Lateral Epicondylitis. For this trial, participants will be enrolled with their consent after assessing on basis of inclusion \& exclusion criteria from orthopedic workshop, Jinnah post graduate medical center Karachi. Total of 66 participants will be recruited and will be equally randomized into three groups consisting of 22 participants in each group. They would recruit into either Eccentric exercise (EE) along with MET group (group A) or MET group (group B) or EE group (group C). Participants will be allocated to intervention by sealed envelope method and will undergo a total of 8 treatment sessions within 2 weeks. Baseline assessment will carry out before treatment on 1st session and follow-up assessment on 8th session after treatment through tool named as Numeric Pain-Rating Scale (NPRS), Patient Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE), Goniometer and Handheld dynamometer.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
• Subacute & chronic patients
Participants diagnosed with lateral epicondylitis based on
Pain local to the lateral epicondyle reproduced with palpation.
Positive Mill's test and Cozen's test and/or Maudsley's test
Disqualifiers
• Any recent history of fracture /surgery
Acute patients
Peripheral nerve entrapment like radial tunnel syndrome
Cervical radiculopathy
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Eccentric exercise and muscle energy technique
- Muscle energy technique
- Eccentric Exercise