Percutaneous tendon dry needling and thrust manipulation as an adjunct to multimodal physical therapy in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy: A multicenter randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of adding electrical dry needling and thrust manipulation into a multimodal program of exercise, mobilization, and ultrasound in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy.

Design

Randomized, single-blinded, multicenter, parallel-group trial.

Setting

Thirteen outpatient physical therapy clinics in nine different US states.

Participants

One hundred and forty-three participants (n = 143) with lateral elbow tendinopathy were randomized.

Intervention

Cervical spine manipulation, extremity manipulation, and percutaneous tendon electrical dry needling plus multimodal physical therapy (n = 73) or multimodal physical therapy (n = 70) alone.

Main measures

The primary outcome was elbow pain intensi

SUBMITTER: Dunning J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11348637 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature