Myofascial Release and Ultrasound, versus Deep Friction Treatment: Which is the Best for Patients with Tennis Elbow Injuries?

Safrin Arifin, Karin Amalia Safitri

2019

Abstract

Tennis elbow is an inflammation of the tendons that join the forearm muscles on the outside of the elbow. The forearm muscles and tendons become damaged from overuse repeating the same motions again and again. This leads to pain and tenderness on the outside of the elbow. Rehabilitation programs do help reduce the pain. Research aims: This research aims to compare between myofascial Release and Ultrasound versus deep friction treatment and determine the best treatment for reducing pain for Tennis elbow patients. Methodology: This study used a double-blind experimental design with an alpha value of 5%. The study was conducted at the Clinic "Rumah Fisio." Based on the randomization technique, the sample was drawn from the list of patients who are diagnosed with Tennis elbow and undergoing physiotherapy from December 2018 to February 2019. The pain was measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Research findings: The results of the t-test analysis showed that Deep Friction (DF) [mean = 6,6 ; SD = 0.41, p = 0.000] is more effective than Myofascial Release techniques and Ultrasound (MrU) (mean = 4.8 ; SD = 0,82) in reducing pain for Tennis Elbow patients. Practical implications: This study offers an understanding of the best treatment that would help in reducing the tennis elbow pain.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Arifin S. and Amalia Safitri K. (2019). Myofascial Release and Ultrasound, versus Deep Friction Treatment: Which is the Best for Patients with Tennis Elbow Injuries?. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE, ISBN 978-989-758-530-2, pages 345-348. DOI: 10.5220/0010684100002967

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icvhe19,
author={Safrin Arifin and Karin Amalia Safitri},
title={Myofascial Release and Ultrasound, versus Deep Friction Treatment: Which is the Best for Patients with Tennis Elbow Injuries?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE,},
year={2019},
pages={345-348},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010684100002967},
isbn={978-989-758-530-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE,
TI - Myofascial Release and Ultrasound, versus Deep Friction Treatment: Which is the Best for Patients with Tennis Elbow Injuries?
SN - 978-989-758-530-2
AU - Arifin S.
AU - Amalia Safitri K.
PY - 2019
SP - 345
EP - 348
DO - 10.5220/0010684100002967