Conservative Treatment in Lateral Epicondylitis

Prospective Comparison of Conservative Treatment Methods in Patients With Lateral Epicondylitis

Conservative treatments follow the vast majority of treatments in lateral epicondylitis. In this research, we aimed to elucidate the treatment outcomes of patients via epicondylitis bandage, wrist dorsiflexion splint, and kinesio tape groups by sequential randomization and to compare treatment outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who were ≥18 years of age, and had no history of elbow surgery.
• Participants should have pain and sensitivity, with symptom duration less than 12 weeks.
• Patients with a positive result in one of the provocation tests (Maudsley's Test-resisted middle finger extension extensor carpi radialis test), resisted wrist extension, or passive stretching of the wrist extensors (Mill's Test) were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients under 18 years of age,
• patients who did not consent to participate in the study,
• those who had previous surgery on the elbow,
• presence of cervical spondylosis and radiculopathy,
• presence of endocrine disease,
• presence of autoimmune disease,
• presence of concomitant entrapment neuropathy or polyneuropathy,
• pregnancy,
• presence of systemic inflammatory disease,
• presence of acute trauma,
• presence of deformity in the upper extremity,
• presence of metabolic disease,
• presence of elbow arthritis,
• presence of allergy to kinesio tape and orthoses,
• having received treatment for lateral epicondylitis in the past (exercise, injection, NSAIDs).