Fareeda Shaheen, Nazish Rafique, Aqsa Izhar Ahmed, Perkash Lal.
Comparative analysis between mobilization with movement (MWM) and manipulation in the management of lateral epicondylitis.
Pak J Rehabil Jan ;5(1):45-51.

OBJECTIVES: To compare the effect of Mobilization with Movement (MWM) and Manipulation in the management of lateral epicondylitis with regard to ache, grip power and functional activities. METHODOLOGY: 20 patients presented with lateral epicondylitis (Tennis elbow) to OPD in Ziauddin Hospital (Clifton, North and Kemari campuses). They were enrolled for the purpose of research study after written informed consent. Subjects were erratically assigned into 2 groups, i.e. group A for MWM and group B for manipulation. All patients were examined before and after the treatment and then findings were evaluated. Pain was sedated by Visual analogue scale (VAS), grip strength was measured by hand–held dynamometer and functional activities’ outcomes were measured by forearm analysis questionnaire survey for lateral epicondylitis, by H B Leung et al 2004.RESULTA total of 20 patients were randomly selected and divided into two groups i.e. Group–A & Group–B. The result shows for Group A: The mean of pain score on VAS before treatment was 4.70±1.418 while after treatment was 0.10±0.316 with P value (0.05) and the mean of grip strength score before treatment was 13.40±7.442 while aftertreatment was 22.60±8.501. For Group B: The mean of pain score on VAS before treatment was 5.20±0.632 while after treatment was0.5±0.527 with P value (0.05) and the mean of grip strength before treatment was 26.20±21.028 and after treatment was 32.00±24.33.CONCLUSIONThis study shows evidence to support the effectiveness of both approaches (MWM + Manipulation) for relieving ache, strengthening and functionality along with tennis elbow. KEYWORDS: Lateral epicondylitis, Manipulation, Mobilization with movement(MWM), dynamometer, visual analog scale, and analysis.

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