Effects of multidirectional elastic tape on pain and function in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy: A randomised crossover trial.
Clin Rehabil
; 37(8): 1041-1051, 2023 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the effects of multidirectional elastic tape on pain and function in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy. STUDYDESIGN:
Randomised crossover trial.SETTING:
Biomechanics laboratory.SUBJECTS:
27 participants (11 females, mean (SD) age 48.6 (11.9) years) with clinically diagnosed lateral elbow tendinopathy of at least six weeks' duration.INTERVENTIONS:
Tensioned multidirectional elastic tape applied over the wrist, compared to control tape (untensioned), and no tape conditions. MAINMEASURES:
Pain-free grip strength and pressure pain threshold were recorded at three timepoints for each condition baseline, post-application, and following an exercise circuit. Change scores were calculated as the post-application or post-exercise value minus baseline. Repeated-measure analyses of variance were used to examine differences between conditions.RESULTS:
There were no statistically significant differences in pain-free grip strength between conditions (flexed position F2,52 = 0.02, p = 0.98; extended position F2,52 = 2.26, p = 0.12) or across timepoints (post-application vs post-exercise) (flexed position F1,26 = 0.94, p = 0.34; extended position F1,26 = 0.79, p = 0.38). Seven participants (26%) increased pain-free grip strength above the minimal detectable change following application of multidirectional elastic tape. There were no statistically significant differences in pressure pain threshold between conditions (affected lateral epicondyle F1.51,39.17 = 0.54, p = 0.54) or across timepoints (affected lateral epicondyle F1,26 = 0.94, p = 0.34).CONCLUSION:
Tensioned multidirectional elastic tape may not immediately improve pain-free grip strength or pressure pain threshold in our lateral elbow tendinopathy population; however, individual variation may exist.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tennis Elbow
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Musculoskeletal Diseases
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Elbow Tendinopathy
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Rehabil
Journal subject:
REABILITACAO
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Australia