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Patients were evaluated at baseline, after completing treatment and 1 and 3\u2009months after treatment. Physical examination, quick-DASH (disabilities of arm, shoulder, hand) and SF-36 (short form) questionnaires for daily life activities, dynamometer for grip strength, and visual analog scale for pain were used.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Intervention:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 10 sessions of shortwave diathermy were applied to patients in treatment group as five sessions\/week, 2\u2009weeks. Control group was given placebo shortwave diathermy. Both groups were given elbow splints and informed to avoid symptom provoking activities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Visual analog scale, grip strength, SF-36, and quick-DASH results.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Out of 76 patients, 61 of them completed the study where n\u2009=\u200931 for treatment group and n\u2009=\u200930 for control group. Mean age was 46.18\u2009\u00b1\u200913.45\u2009years. There were 32 (52.5%) women and 29 (47.5%) men. The p values between groups 3\u2009months after intervention for visual analog scale, quick-DASH, SF-36 questionnaire, and dynamometer were 0.669, 0.277, 0.604, and 0.126, respectively ( p\u2009&gt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Application of shortwave diathermy to patients with ulnar nerve neuropathy at the elbow was not associated with any difference in outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0269215520930062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,22]],"date-time":"2020-06-22T08:00:22Z","timestamp":1592812822000},"page":"1048-1055","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Efficacy of shortwave diathermy in ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow: a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"34","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6577-0100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Naciye","family":"Bilgin Badur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feyza","family":"Unlu Ozkan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ilknur","family":"Aktas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0269215520930062","volume-title":"DeLisa\u2019s physical medicine and rehabilitation","author":"Frontera WR.","year":"2010","edition":"5"},{"key":"bibr2-0269215520930062","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.hcl.2007.05.002"},{"key":"bibr3-0269215520930062","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/jnnp.2006.097899"},{"key":"bibr4-0269215520930062","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s13760-014-0377-9"},{"key":"bibr5-0269215520930062","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4081\/or.2019.7955"},{"key":"bibr6-0269215520930062","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0300060519854905"},{"key":"bibr7-0269215520930062","unstructured":"NIH US National Library of Medicine. 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