1BPTh, NDMVP College of Physiotherapy, Nashik
2Principal, NDMVP College of Physiotherapy, Nashik
3Associate Professor, NDMVP College of Physiotherapy, Nashik
*Corresponding author: Dr. Sonam Bhambhani Address-102 Rahul Residency near Chopda Court Ulhasnagar, Thane 421003. Email id= bhambhani.sonam@gmail.com
Online published on 30 June, 2016.
Background: Among the upper limb conditions, tennis elbow is one of the most significantly occurred conditions. Painful elbow syndrome comprises lateral, medial and posterior elbow symptoms; among them the one significantly noticed is the lateral tennis elbow which results from repetitive stress. The successful conservative treatment of lateral epicondylitis generally aims to relieve pain, control inflammation, promote healing, improve local and general fitness, and control force loads. The application of tape is a means, aims to alleviate pain, improve muscle function, and restore functional movements. Taping facilitates the compliance to exercise rehabilitation programs by minimizing the aggravation of symptoms during performance of therapeutic exercise. The objective of taping is to support a weakened part of body without limiting its function, by preventing movements that would stress the weakened area.
To compare pain intensity at rest, during forceful wrist extension, during strong grip, during cozen test, at resisted middle finger extension and during palpation before and after conventional physiotherapy with taping and conventional physiotherapy alone in patients with tennis elbow.
12 patients with tennis elbow were selected and randomly assigned to taping with conventional physiotherapy group and 12 patients to the only conventional physiotherapy group for this randomize control trial study. The study was conducted at NDMVP college, hospital and research center. Visual analogue scale was used to measure pain intensity in different functional position. Unrelated “t” test was used to compare the result.
Following treatment the study found that the experimental group showed a significant improvement in case of rest 0.0002, forceful wrist extension 0.0001, strong grasp is 0.0035, cozen test is 0.0003, middle finger extension is 0.0020, palpation is 0.0003.
This experimental study shows that taping with conventional physiotherapy is more effective than conventional physiotherapy alone for patients with tennis elbow.
Tennis elbow, taping, conventional physiotherapy
