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Can adding tape or a splint boost physiotherapy for tennis elbow?

NCT ID NCT07789886

Disease control Sponsor: Medipol University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests three ways to treat tennis elbow, a painful condition from overuse of the forearm muscles. Researchers compare physiotherapy alone, physiotherapy plus kinesiotape, and physiotherapy plus a wrist splint. The study includes 45 adults with elbow pain lasting more than three months. The goal is to see which approach best reduces pain and improves grip strength.

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Active substance
Physiotherapy program, kinesiotape, and wrist joint rest splint
What this could lead to
If one combination works better, it could point to a more effective standard treatment for tennis elbow, reducing pain and improving grip strength.
What could go wrong
This is a small trial with 45 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The study compares existing treatments, so any difference might be small or due to chance.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

45 people

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Started

Nov 2020

Finished

Mar 2021

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients applying with complaints of elbow pain lasting more than 3 months. * Diagnosed with lateral epicondylitis based on tenderness/pain on the lateral humeral epicondyle region. * Pain aggravated by passive stretching of the wrist extensors (Mill's test) or resisted extension of the middle finger (Maudley's test). * Pain, limited active ROM at the wrist joint, and hand grip weakness. Exclusion Criteria: * Inflammatory/infectious joint disease, cubital tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder/hand/wrist pathologies. * Radiculopathy, fibromyalgia, psychiatric/neurological disease, history of malignancy. * Cervical trauma, surgery, or upper extremity trauma. * Adhesive tape allergy. * Received corticosteroid injections for LE within the previous 3 months or PT for the elbow within the previous 6 months. * Used oral or topical NSAIDs or received other treatments for LE in the previous 3 months or during the study.

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Conditions

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epicondylitis

As listed by the trial registrant

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Lateral epicondylitis Tennis elbow

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Istanbul Medipol University Pendik Hospital

    Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

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