Comparison Of Kinesiologic Taping and Epicondylitis Orthosis Application in The Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: Prospective Observational Study

Aim: Lateral epicondylitis is a clinical condition causing pain, sensitivity, functional disability in the elbow. The treatment approach is mostly conservative. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of kinesiologic tape versus epicondylitis orthosis in the treatment. Materials And Method: Eighty patients (51 female, 29 male; mean age 39.5+7.4) who were diagnosed lateral epicondylitis were enrolled to our study. Patients were randomly allocated two groups; epicondylitis orthosis and kinesiologic tape were applied group 1and group 2. Visual analog scale (VAS) for pain severity, goniometric measurement of range of motion for clinical assessment, disability assessment (arm, shoulder and hand problems questionnaire: QUICK DASH) for upper extremity function, SF-36 (ShortForm36) scale for quality-of-life assessment were used as used in the study. Results: Before treatment and 1th, 4th weeks variances of values were compared between groups. There were improvement in VAS scores, SF-36 PF(physical function) and MH(mental health) subgroups, QD FS and W subgroups scores of Group 2 was significantly higher than scores of Group 1 (p