Can nerve stretching plus joint mobilization beat tennis elbow?
NCT ID NCT06765798
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study tested whether adding nerve mobilization (stretching the radial nerve) to the Mulligan technique (a type of joint mobilization) helps people with chronic tennis elbow. Sixty adults aged 20-60 with elbow pain lasting at least three months took part. Researchers measured pain, arm function, and grip strength to see if the combined approach works better than standard therapy alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- neural mobilization and Mulligan mobilization with movement
- What this could lead to
- If the combination works better than standard care, it could offer a more effective physical therapy approach for chronic tennis elbow pain and disability.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The study did not report blinding or long-term follow-up, which limits confidence in the findings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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20 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient aged 20-60 years old * . Diagnosed with chronic tennis elbow * experienced discomfort in their dominant arm, tenderness over the lateral epicondyle of the elbow joint, and exhibited signs and symptoms of tennis elbow persisting for three months * Increased pain with resistant elbow extension, wrist extension, gripping, and supination * ULTT 2 b (radial nerve) should be positive ) pain referral throughout the dorsal and radial aspect of the forearm and, sometimes, an "electrical shock-like" pain on the radial side of the right wrist ( Exclusion Criteria: * patients who had a history of or were suffering from psychogenic stress * acute strain, fractures of the humerus, radius, and ulna, * History of Rheumatoid diseases * Subjects on steroids or any other medications for pain at present were excluded * severe edema, infection * malignancy * osteoporosis * unstable joints * severe neck or shoulder pain, neurological conditions \\ impacting the upper extremity Cervical radiculopathy * Bilateral Symptoms of Tennis elbow
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Delta University
Gamasa, Egypt
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