Diagnostic Accuracy of the Clinical Tests and the Ultrasonography in Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy

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Conditions studied: Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy (Tennis Elbow)

In brief

Lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) is the most common cause of elbow pain. Even though provocation tests such as Cozen's test, Mill's test or Maudsley test; musculoskeletal ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging can be used for diagnosis, gold standard method is yet to be determined. Purpose of this study is to determine the sensitivity and specificity of clinical tests and ultrasonography in diagnosis of LET.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07347873

Run by

Marmara University

People needed

100

Starts

2025-10-17

Expected to finish

2026-03-26

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients aged 18-60 with unilateral elbow pain
• Tenderness with palpation at the lateral epicondyle
• Pain triggered with pressure compared to the opposite lateral epicondyle with algometer.

You may not qualify if…

• History of rheumatologic diseases
• History of e corticosteroid injections on lateral epicondyle
• History of elbow surgery or infection

Where it is running

• Marmara University — Istanbul, Maltepe, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)

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