Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:34 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:34 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03820856
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Patients were selected for inclusion if two or more of the following criteria were noted on the physical examination form: pain over the lateral aspect of the elbow; pain on palpation over the lateral epicondyle or the associated myotendinous junction of the common extensor tendon; pain on hand gripping; and pain with either resisted static contraction or stretching of the wrist extensor muscles.
2. symptoms have persisted for at least 2 months
3. symptoms are unilateral
Exclusion Criteria:
1. signs and symptoms suggesting a cause other than overuse (e.g., cervical radiculopathy)
2. osteoarthritis of the elbow joints
3. pathologic, neurologic, and/or vascular findings in the arms
4. arthritis (local/generalized polyarthritis)
5. radiohumeral bursitis
6. ligamentous sprain
7. bilateral tennis elbow
8. painful shoulder
9. surgery or dislocation of the elbow
10. coagulopathy
11. pregnancy
12. infection
13. malignancy
14. Patients who had been treated with other therapies or drugs for lateral epicondylitis in the 2 weeks before the start of the trial, those who had received corticosteroid injections in the previous 6 months, and those who had received acupuncture and fire needle therapy for lateral epicondylitis were also excluded.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Study:
NCT03820856
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03820856