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The effect of deep friction massage on pain, loss of strength and daily life skills of patients with lateral epicondylitis
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Autoren
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Burcin Ozcoban
- Special Gozde Hospital, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center, Malatya, Turkey
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Mehmet Fatih Korkmaz
- Inonu University, orthopedics, Malatya, Turkey
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Aymelek Cetin
- Inonu University, anatomy, Malatya, Turkey
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Resit Sevimli
- Inonu University, orthopedics, Malatya, Turkey
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Engin Burak Selçuk
- Inonu University, Department of Family Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
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Turgay Karatas
- Malatya State Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Malatya, Turkey
| Veröffentlicht: | 5. Oktober 2015 |
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Objectives: Purpose: To determine whether deep friction massage applied to cases with humerus lateral epicondylitis is effective or not for treatment thereof
Methods: 54 patients (30 females and 24 males; the average age of control group is 49.7±9.4 and the average age of experimental group is 43.1±9.4) having applied to outpatient clinic with elbow pain complaint and diagnosed with lateral epicondylitis are accepted to the study. The patients are randomly divided into 2 groups, with 27 patients in each group. Both groups are treated with classical therapy methods (hot pack, ultrasound, TENS), however, deep friction massage is applied to experimental group in addition thereto.
Measurements are conducted prior to treatment and during treatment of 15 courses. Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, hydraulic hand dynamometer for grip strength and Quick Dash assessment questionnaire for daily life skills are used as evaluation criteria. Hot pack, ultrasound and TENS are performed to the area with lateral epicondylitis on control group in each course for 20, 5 and 20 minutes, respectively. Deep friction massage is applied to experimental group for 5 minutes every day in addition to the treatment conducted for control group.
Results and Conclusion: Post-treatment VAS scores relating to pain at rest, pain at night and activity pain were decreased in both groups in comparison with pre-treatment scores. Decrease observed in pain at rest and activity pain following the treatment was more significant in experimental group (p values were 0.003 and 0.001, respectively). Pre-treatment grip strength was 22 kg on average in both groups. It was measured as 32 kg for control group and as 40 kg for experimental group after the treatment (p = 0.002). Values obtained for daily life skills were also better in experimental group (P = 0.024).
We have concluded that more successful results can be obtained if and when deep friction massage is added to the classical physical therapy methods conducted for patients with humerus lateral epicondylitis.
