Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

A Comparision Study of the Effects of Massage Therapy with and without Ultrasonic Therapy in Medial Epicondylitis

  • Author:
  • Dheeraj Lamba1, Vijay Shekhar Pant1, Meenakshi Joshi1, Harshit Sah1, Meena Mahara1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 54 to 57

1Dept. of Physiotherapy, IAHSET, Govt. Medical College, Haldwani

Abstract

1. To compare different clinical methods for the treatment of golfer's elbow.

2. To check out which modality is better for the treatment of golfer's elbow.

There will be significant changes between the results of the two modalities used in the treatment of golfer's elbow.

Study Design

Experimental

20 subjects with golfer's elbow participated in the study.

Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria subjects were included in the study. Convenient samplings was done for patients with random allocation into the following two groups: GROUP A: (Control Group) Ultrasonic therapy (10 patients). GROUP B: (Experimental Group) Ultrasonic with massage therapy (10 patients).

The present study provides evidence that massage therapy with ultrasonic therapy is more beneficial in treating pain and increasing functional activity in golfer's elbow patient and can be used as a safe alternative in patients with medial epicondylitis.

Keywords

Flexor carpi radialis (FCR), Pronator teres (PT), Flexor diditorum ficialis (FDS), Flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU), ultrasonic therapy (UST), VAS- Visual Analogue Scale