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Study aim
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The effect of Sono-guided Oxygen-ozone/ corticosteroid and prothorectropy local injection in the treatment of of Tennis Elbow Syndrome (Elbow Tennis).
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Design
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A phase 3, umulticenteral, randomized, positive controlled, double blinded, clinical trial with a parallel group design of 75 patients (25 in each group), followed up one week and two months after injection
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Settings and conduct
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Shohada Hospital and Imam Reza Hospital affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Physics Department of Rasoul Akram Medical Center affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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pain in the outer part of the ear for a month, Localized tenderness in the external articular region (at the site of the forearm extensors), Exacerbation of pain during supination on the back of the head while maintaining flexion,
Resilience during the dorsiflexion of the wrist against resistance, Exacerbation of pain along with pushing along with the pressure of the hand; Having symptoms for more than 4 weeks or history of trauma to the elbow, A history of connective tissue disease or diffuse pain syndrome (such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain syndrome), Inflammatory arthropathy, Use of previous treatments for external epicondylitis, Failure to create heavy tasks, The presence of radiculopathy, Complete rupture of tendon radialis brevis extensor
9-Efficacy in the area of austerity, Use anticoagulants, Existing Injection Detection.
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Intervention groups
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Topical ozone injection group: 2cc ozone 20μg/L Corticosteroid injection group: 1cc triamcinolone 40mg + 1cc normal slain and prolotherapy group: 2cc dextrose 50%
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Main outcome variables
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Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)