Scooping Mobilization With and Without Scapulothoracic Mobilization in Patients of Lateral Epicondylalgia

NCT06869733 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: REC/RCR&AHS/24/0125
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 38
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Lateral epicondylalgia is well known musculoskeletal disorder now a day. Lateral epicondylalgia is a disorder in which pain and tenderness at lateral part of elbow. This study is targeting the scapulothoracic mobilization and scooping mobilization at lateral epicondylalgia. This study is single-blinded Randomized Clinical Trial will be conducted in Fatima memorial Hospital and Bajwa hospital Lahore. Non-probability convenience sampling will be used with 38 Participants involved in this study is with age of 18 to 45 with presence of pain and tenderness around lateral epicondyle, positive Cozens test and maudsley test, scapular dyskinesia, pain on resisted elbow extension, wrist extension and gripping activities. In this study, one group is treated with scooping mobilization with scapulothoracic mobilization. Second group is treated with scooping mobilization alone. The participants will be randomized into two Groups by computer generated randomization software. Outcomes measures which are used in this study is Numeric pain rating scale for pain, goniometer for range of motion and patient related tennis elbow evaluation for activities of daily livings for patients of lateral epicondylalgia.

Conditions

Lateral Epicondylitis

Keywords

Scooping mobilization; scapulothoracic mobilization; activities of daily livings; lateral epicondylalgia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Patient Related Tennis Elbow Evaluation Scale

  It consist of two subscales, one is pain and second is functional subscale (specific activities: 6 and usual activities . The pain scale is scored out of 50 by summing five items. The function subscale (six items) and usual function subscale (four items) are summed divided by two to create the Function Subscale. The pain score is added to the function score to determine the final score. A score of 100 indicates the highest level of commitment, while a score of 0 indicates no involvement at all..

  4th weeks

• Numeric Pain Rating Scale

  It rates from 0 to 10. 0 means no pain while 10 means maximum pain.

  4th weeks

• Range of Motion of Elbow

  Goniometer is to check ranges of elbow flexion and extension

  4th weeks

• Range of Motion of Wrist

  Goniometer is to check ranges of wrist flexion and extension

  4th weeks

• Readings of scapulometer to measure scapular dyskinesia in cm

  The medial boundary and inferior angle prominence in relation to the thorax can be measured with a Scapulometer. The minimal detectable change (MDC) was determined to be 1.2-1.3 mm.

  4th weeks

Study Arms (2)

Scooping Mobilization

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Group A treated with scooping mobilization only.

Other: Scooping Mobilization

Scooping Mobilization with Scapulothoracic mobilization

EXPERIMENTAL

Group B treated with scooping mobilization with scapulothoracic mobilization.

Other: Scooping Mobilization with Scapulothoracic mobilization

Interventions

Scooping Mobilization OTHER

Group A treated with only scooping mobilization with frequency of 2 to 3 times in a week for consecutive 4 weeks.

Scooping Mobilization

Scooping Mobilization with Scapulothoracic mobilization OTHER

Group B treated with scooping mobilization with scapulothoracic mobilization, which was given 2 to 3 times in a week for consecutive 4 weeks.

Scooping Mobilization with Scapulothoracic mobilization

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 40 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age 20-40 years
• Pain and tenderness around lateral epicondyle
• Pain on resisted elbow extension ,wrist extension and gripping activities
• Gender both male and female.
• Scapular Dyskinesia.
• Positive Cozen test and maudsley test for lateral epicondylalgia.
• With moderate pain intensity on Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) with a score of 3 or higher

You may not qualify if:

• Any injury or disease around the shoulder, elbow and wrist on affected side
• Cervical radiculopathy.
• Local steroid injection
• History of fracture of humerus, radius, ulna which is affected upper extremity

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Riphah International University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Dr. Humera Mubashar

Lahore, Punjab Province, 53000, Pakistan

Location

Dr. Faiza Amjad

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tennis Elbow

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Elbow Tendinopathy; Tendinopathy; Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Elbow Injuries; Arm Injuries; Wounds and Injuries; Tendon Injuries

Study Officials

• Humera Mubashar, MSOMPT

  Riphah International University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 4, 2025
• First Posted: March 11, 2025
• Study Start: May 2, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 23, 2023
• Study Completion: July 2, 2024
• Last Updated: March 11, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (2)