Heavy slow resistance training, radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy or advice for patients with tennis elbow in the Norwegian secondary care: a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the feasibility of recruitment, appointment adherence, intervention compliance, acceptance and comprehensibility, in addition to retention rate and data completeness. An ancillary aim was to describe within-group changes in the secondary outcome measures (patient-reported and performance-based).

Design

A single-centre, three-armed, randomised controlled feasibility trial with a parallel design, with follow-up after 3 and 6 months.

Setting

Participants were recruited from the outpatient clinic at Oslo University Hospital.

Participants

Patients with lateral epicondylalgia, commonly known as tennis elbow.

Interventions

Participants were randomised in a 1:1:1 ratio to heavy slow resistance training, radial extracorporeal shock wave the

SUBMITTER: Sveinall H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667321 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature