Lateral Epicondyle Tendinopathy Toolkit: Appendix A - Details of the Articles

Lateral Epicondyle Tendinopathy:
Details of the Articles
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ABBREVIATIONS:

C/HPT = Cold/Hot Pain Threshold CSI = Corticosteroid injection DASH = Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand Outcome Measure
DTFM = Deep Transverse Friction Massage LET = Lateral Epicondyle Tendinopathy LLLT = Low Level Laser Therapy
MFP = Myofacial Pressure MWM = Mobilization with Movement NPRS = Numeric Pain Rating Scale
NSAID = Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug OS = Observational Study
PFGS = Pain-free Grip Strength
PPT = Pain Pressure Threshold
PRFEQ = Patient-Rated Forearm Evaluation Questionnaire PRTEE = Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation
RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial
SR = Systematic Review
SWT = Shock Wave Therapy
T/V = Transverse
QuestionnaireUEFS = Upper Extremity Functional Scale ULNT = Upper Limb Neural Tension
US = Ultrasound
VAS = Visual Analogue Scale WALT = World Association of Laser Therapy



Manual Therapy[edit | edit source]

Soft Tissue Techniques[edit | edit source]

Verhaar et al 1996[1][edit | edit source]

Type of Evidence

RCT

Methods

n=106 (mean (sd) age: 43 (9)).
Mean duration of symptoms = 33 weeks.

Population: Outpatient setting.

Inclusion criteria included: Pain over the lateral aspect of the elbow, tenderness over the forearm extensor origin, and pain with resisted wrist extension.
Exclusion criteria included: elbow surgery, >3 CSI in the last 6 months, elbow arthritis or previous Cyriax-type physiotherapy treatment.
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2 groups:
1. CSI (up to 3 injections).
2. Cyriax-type physiotherapy (DTFM and Mill’s manipulation) 12 sessions over 4 weeks.

Follow up at 6 weeks and 1 year.
If treatment was unsuccessful at 6 weeks it was discontinued and an alternative treatment, including surgery, applied.

Results

Cyriax-type physiotherapy was less effective than CSI at 6 weeks for grip strength, pain with resisted movements and overall satisfaction, but equivocal at 1 year with both groups showing improvements on these measures.

After 6 weeks, approximately 50% of both groups went on to have additional treatments: Additional Injection and / or Cyriax- type physiotherapy therapy (20% combined therapy); 32.1% of CSI group and 26.4% Cyriax group had surgery.

Results included in the systematic review by Trudel at al 2004 & Herd and Meserve 2008.

Implications for Practice

From this study, no conclusion can be drawn about the longterm benefit or otherwise of Cyriax-type physiotherapy vs. CSI.

More recent studies (Bisset et al 2006) suggest that CSI is unlikely to be effective in the long term. As these two treatments had equivocal results at 12 months, this could suggest that Cyriax-type physiotherapy may not have a positive long-term effect.

It is worth noting that the authors report that patients with cervical spine symptoms at the start of the study were associated with poorer outcomes in both groups.


Brosseau et al 2004[2][edit | edit source]

Type of Evidence

SR

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, HealthSTAR, Sport Discus, CINAHL, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, PEDro, were searched up to June 2002. Reference lists were also scanned for additional studies. Data extracted and methodological quality was assessed.

Results

Only two studies were found; one was relevant to LET. For the extensor carpi radialis tendonitis the results showed no improvement in pain or function after 9 sessions of DTFM.

Implications for Practice

From this study, no conclusions can be made on the effectiveness of DTFM for treatment of LET. The authors suggest other treatments such as correcting biomechanics and strengthening maybe more effective than DTFM.


Law et al 2008[3][edit | edit source]

Type of Evidence

RCT

Methods

Acute muscle pain model (DOMs) was used to assess the immediate effect of deep tissue and superficial massage.

Population: 43 (females = 21, mean (SD) age: 23.3 (3.5)).

Inclusion criteria included: Not reported.
Exclusion criteria included: Any report of preexisting of musculoskeletal pain.

3 groups:
1. Control (rest, no massage), n=11.
2. Superficial massage, n=17.
3. Deep tissue massage, n=16.

All participants had a session of exercise and a session of “treatment.” Outcomes were measured immediately post treatment.

Results

Massage did not change peak torque, or pain at rest.
Deep tissue massage had a greater influence on pain reduction than superficial massage for stretch pain.
Deep and superficial massage reduced mechanical hyperalgesia.
There was not difference between the results for men and women.

Implications for Practice

Extrapolation from this study may support the use of deep and superficial massage to alter muscle pain.


Nagrale et al 2009[4][edit | edit source]

Type of Evidence

SR

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, HealthSTAR, Sport Discus, CINAHL, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, PEDro, were searched up to June 2002. Reference lists were also scanned for additional studies. Data extracted and methodological quality was assessed.

Results

Only two studies were found; one was relevant to LET. For the extensor carpi radialis tendonitis the results showed no improvement in pain or function after 9 sessions of DTFM.

Implications for Practice

From this study, no conclusions can be made on the effectiveness of DTFM for treatment of LET. The authors suggest other treatments such as correcting biomechanics and strengthening maybe more effective than DTFM.


Joseph et al 2012[5][edit | edit source]

Type of Evidence

SR

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, HealthSTAR, Sport Discus, CINAHL, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, PEDro, were searched up to June 2002. Reference lists were also scanned for additional studies. Data extracted and methodological quality was assessed.

Results

Only two studies were found; one was relevant to LET. For the extensor carpi radialis tendonitis the results showed no improvement in pain or function after 9 sessions of DTFM.

Implications for Practice

From this study, no conclusions can be made on the effectiveness of DTFM for treatment of LET. The authors suggest other treatments such as correcting biomechanics and strengthening maybe more effective than DTFM.


Viswas et al 2012[6][edit | edit source]

Ajimsha et al 2012[7][edit | edit source]

Elbow MWM[edit | edit source]

Vicenzino et al 2001[8][edit | edit source]

Kocha & Dogra 2002[9][edit | edit source]

Paungmali et al 2003[10][edit | edit source]

Bisset et al 2005[11][edit | edit source]

Bisset et al 2006[12][edit | edit source]

Vicenzino & Teys 2007[13][edit | edit source]

Barr et al 2009[14][edit | edit source]

Pagorek 2009[15][edit | edit source]

Bisset et al 2011[16][edit | edit source]

Trudel et al 2004[17][edit | edit source]

Wrist MWM[edit | edit source]

Struijs et al 2003[18][edit | edit source]

Spinal Manual Therapy[edit | edit source]

Vicenzino et al 1996[19][edit | edit source]

Cleland et al 2004[20][edit | edit source]

Cleland et al 2005[21][edit | edit source]

Fernández-Carnero et al 2008[22][edit | edit source]

Fernández-Carnero & Cleland 2011[23][edit | edit source]

Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses Evaluating Various Interventions & Regions[edit | edit source]

Smidt et al 2003[24][edit | edit source]

Bisset et al 2005[25][edit | edit source]

Herd & Meserve 2008[26][edit | edit source]

Gonzalez-Iglesias et al 2011[27][edit | edit source]


Exercise[edit | edit source]

Croisier et al 2007[28]
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Luginbühl et al 2008[29][edit | edit source]

Martinez-Silvestrini et al 2005[30][edit | edit source]

Nilsson et al 2007[31][edit | edit source]

Park et al 2010[32][edit | edit source]

Peterson et al 2011[33][edit | edit source]

Pienimaki et al 1996[34][edit | edit source]

Pienimaki et al 1998[35][edit | edit source]

Raman et al 2012[36][edit | edit source]

Stasinopoulos & Stasinopoulos 2006[37][edit | edit source]

Tyler et al 2010[38][edit | edit source]

Viswas et al 2012[39][edit | edit source]


Acupuncture
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Trinh et al 2004[40]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1998[41][edit | edit source]


Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)
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Bisset et al 2011[42]
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Chang et al 2010[43][edit | edit source]

Tumilty et al 2010[44][edit | edit source]

Bjordal et al 2008[45][edit | edit source]

Bisset et al 2005[46][edit | edit source]

Trudel et al 2004[47][edit | edit source]

Skorupska et al 2012[48][edit | edit source]

Emanet et al 2010[49][edit | edit source]

Stasinopoulos et al 2009[50][edit | edit source]

Oken et al 2008[51][edit | edit source]

Lam & Cheing 2007[52][edit | edit source]

Stergioulas 2007[53][edit | edit source]

Basford et al 2000[54][edit | edit source]


Ultrasound (US)
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Gunduz et al 2012[55]
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Skorupska et al 2012[56][edit | edit source]

Akin et al 2010[57][edit | edit source]

Oken et al 2008[58][edit | edit source]

Struijs et al 2003[59][edit | edit source]

Kochar & Dogra 2002[60][edit | edit source]

Stratford et al 1989[61][edit | edit source]

Lundeberg et al 1988[62][edit | edit source]

Binder et al 1985[63][edit | edit source]

Ruane et al 2010[64][edit | edit source]

Nimgade et al 2005[65][edit | edit source]

Bisset et al 2005[66][edit | edit source]

Boisaubert et al 2004[67][edit | edit source]

Trudel et al 2004[68][edit | edit source]

Smidt et al 2003[69][edit | edit source]

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) - Focused and Radial
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Haake et al 2002[70]
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Speed et al 2002[71][edit | edit source]

Crowther et al 2002[72][edit | edit source]

Chung & Wiley 2004[73][edit | edit source]

Rompe et al 2004[74][edit | edit source]

Pettrone & McCall 2005[75][edit | edit source]

Spacca et al 2005[76][edit | edit source]

Stasinopoulos & Johnson 2005[77][edit | edit source]

Buchbinder et al 2006[78][edit | edit source]

Rompe & Muffulli 2007[79][edit | edit source]

Staples et al 2008[80][edit | edit source]

Ozturan et al 2010[81][edit | edit source]


Iontophoresis with Dexamethasone
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Runeson & Haker 2002[82]
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Nirschl et al 2003[83][edit | edit source]

Sefanou et al 2012[84][edit | edit source]


Iontophoresis with NSAID
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Demirtas & Oner 1998[85]
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Baskurt et al 2003[86][edit | edit source]


Iontophoresis with Lidocaine
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Yarrobino et al 2006[87][edit | edit source]


Orthotic Devices
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Struijs et al 2002[88]
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Buchbinder et al 2011[89][edit | edit source]

Dwars et al 1990[90][edit | edit source]

Holdsworth & Anderson 1993[91][edit | edit source]

Erturk et al 1997[92][edit | edit source]

Burton 1988[93][edit | edit source]

Struijs et al 2004[94][edit | edit source]

Garg et al 2010[95][edit | edit source]

Altan & Kanat 2008[96][edit | edit source]

Van De Streek et al 2004[97][edit | edit source]

Faes et al 1998[98][edit | edit source]

Oken et al 2006[99][edit | edit source]

Haker & Lundeberg 1993[100][edit | edit source]


Taping
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Vicenzino et al 2003[101]
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Shamsoddini & Hollisaz 2010[102][edit | edit source]



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