Mobilition With Movement and Soft Tissue Mobiiztion in Tennis Elbow

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Lateral epicondylitis or tennis elbow is one of the most common lesions of the arm. This injury is a major challenge, as it is difficult to treat, prone to recurrence and may last for several weeks or months, with an average duration of a typical episode which has been reported to be between six months to two years. This is an RCT study. Subjects who fulfilled inclusion criteria will be taken for the study. Before conducting the actual method for subjects, lateral epicondylitis evaluation is done. First day before treatment, pain evaluation were done by using Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Muscle power was assessed by MMT (Manual Muscle Testing) and the function level are tested by Patient-Related Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) questionnaire and asked to mark the results. Subjects will be divided into 2 groups randomly by lottery method. Each group consists of 15 patients. Group A will be given MWM; Group B will be given soft tissue mobilization. Both groups will be given with the above said methods for alternative days in a week as per 3 sessions per week for 4 weeks. At the end of program subjects will be reassessed by recording muscle strength, pain intensity and functional level. Finally pre and post recordings will be compared and analyzed statistically.

Official Title
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Comparison Of Mobilization With Movement And Soft Tissue Mobilization On Pain Severity , Hand Grip Strength And Functional Activity Tennis Elbow Patients.

Conditions
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Tennis Elbow

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Mobilization with movement
* Other: Soft Tissue Mobilization


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Tennis players. Age group between 15-30 years. Positive specific tests.(cozen and mills test) Subjects having lateral epicondylitis pain for at least 4 weeks, muscle power for wrist muscle should be increase with activity against resistance, average pain level of 3-cm or more on a 10-cm Numerical pain rating scale Exclusion Criteria: Any neurological disorder. Other elbow deformity or joint pathology. fracture of upper limb

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 15 Years
Maximum Age: 30 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: MWM GROUP<br>Mobilization with movement with wrist extension | Other: Mobilization with movement<br>* Heating fermentation was done for 10 minutes as baseline treatment. MWM with wrist extension was given for alternative days in a week as per 3 sessions per week for 4 weeks.<br>|
| Active Comparator: SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION GROUP<br>Parallel and perpendicular soft tissue massage at common extensor origin | Other: Soft Tissue Mobilization<br>* Heating fermentation was done for 10 minutes as baseline treatment. Parallel and longitudinal massage was given for alternative days in a week as per 3 sessions per week for 4 weeks<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Numeric Pain Rating Scale | The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) (an outcome measure) that is a unidimensional measure of pain intensity in adults.The 11-point numeric scale ranges from '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. no pain) to '10' representing the other pain extreme (e.g. pain as bad as you can imagine or worst pain imaginable) | 4 Week | 
| Grip Strength | Manual muscle testing as used to test grip strength. It involves testing key muscles from the upper and lower extremities against the examiner's resistance and grading the patient's strength on a 0 to 5 scale accordingly[1]: Flicker of movement Through full range actively with gravity counterbalanced Through full range actively against gravity Through full range actively against some resistance Through full range actively against strong resistance | 4 week | 
| Functional activity | Patient Related Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) was used.The PrTEEQ is a 15-item questionnaire, it's designed to measure forearm pain and disability in patients with lateral epicondylitis. The patients have to rate their levels of tennis elbow pain and disability from 0 to 10, and consists of 2 subscales. There is the pain subscale (0 = no pain, 10 = worst imaginable) en the function subscale (0 = no difficulty, 10 = unable to do) | 4 weeks |