Traditional Chinese medicine elbow manipulation for tennis elbow
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study tests whether a traditional Chinese medicine elbow manipulation is as safe and effective as a standard physiotherapy technique (Mill's manipulation) for relieving tennis elbow pain. It focuses on people with chronic elbow pain that hasn't improved with other treatments.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 65 years old.
- You have had pain on the outside of the elbow for more than 4 weeks.
- The pain gets worse when you grip something firmly or bend your wrist upward against resistance.
- You have normal elbow movement and no numbness, tingling, or neck pain.
- You have not taken anti-inflammatory painkillers in the last 2 weeks, had steroid injections or physical therapy in the last 2 months, or acupuncture in the last 2 weeks.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding, and you have no serious health conditions, prior elbow surgery/fractures, or osteoporosis.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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