Lucena, Daniel AlbertNavarro Santana, Marcos JoséLópez De Uralde Villanueva, Ibai JulioDíaz Arribas, María JoséValera Calero, Juan AntonioFernández de las Peñas, CesarPlaza Manzano, Gustavo2025-02-092025-02-092023-12-01Albert-Lucena D, Navarro-Santana MJ, López-de-Uralde-Villanueva I, Díaz-Arribas MJ, Valera-Calero JA, Fernández-de-Las-Peñas C, Plaza-Manzano G. Immediate effects of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in patients with lateral elbow pain. Physiother Theory Pract. 2024 Dec;40(12):2783-2794.0959-398510.1080/09593985.2023.2296063https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117934Introduction: Ultrasound guided-percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation appears to be effective in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Objective: To investigate the immediate effects of one session of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on the radial nerve in patients with lateral elbow pain. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted. Sixty patients with chronic lateral elbow pain were allocated into real-percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (n = 30) or sham-percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (n = 30) where the patients received one-single session of the real or sham percutaneous stimulation on the radial nerve, respectively. Pressure pain thresholds, pain intensity, pain-free grip strength, and the self-perceived improvement were evaluated after the intervention. Results: Significant differences between groups for pain intensity (-11.55, 95% CI -21.79 to -1.30, p < .028), but not for pressure pain threshold or pain-free grip strength, were found. Patients receiving real-percutaneous stimulation had significant improvement in pain-free grip strength on the treated side. The proportion of individuals reporting moderate to large self-perceived improvement (≥4) was significantly higher (p = .026) after real-percutaneous stimulation than after sham-percutaneous stimulation. Conclusion: A single session of real-percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation targeting the radial nerve in subjects with lateral elbow pain decreased pain intensity between groups and increased pain-free grip strength on the treated side but not between groups.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal article1532-5040https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2023.2296063restricted access615.8Lateral elbow painpercutaneous electrical nerve stimulationpressure pain thresholdradial nerveCiencias Biomédicas3213.11 Fisioterapia