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Lateral epicondylitis, commonly known as tennis elbow, is a painful condition that affects the outer part of the elbow. It is characterized by pain and tenderness in the elbow area, often ...

Objectives To evaluate the current evidence for the efficacy of corticosteroid injection and non-electrotherapeutic physiotherapy compared with control for treating lateral epicondylitis. Design ...

Physical Examination 1. IF a patient begins a treatment for lateral epicondylalgia, THEN evidence that the affected tendon was examined should be documented (at least orthopaedic tests).

If you develop elbow pain that doesn’t improve with rest, modifying activities, or using over-the-counter pain medication, ...

Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis is one of the most common lesions of the arm with a well defined clinical presentation, which significantly impacts on the community. Many treatment approaches ...

Epicondylitis (lateral and medial) was the main outcome, assessed at 36 months based on symptoms and physical examination (palpation or provocation test). Logistic models included the most relevant ...

ringamt.dk Aims: To assess the importance of physical and psychosocial risk factors for lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow). Methods: Case-referent study of 267 new cases of tennis elbow and 388 ...

Background Lateral epicondylalgia (LE) defines a condition of varying degrees of pain near the lateral epicondyle. Studies on the management of LE indicated unexplained variations in the use of ...

Randomised controlled trials were reviewed to evaluate the evidence of the effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the management of tennis elbow. Seven relevant trials were found, which ...

Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) is an overuse injury of a tendon that connects the forearm muscles to the lateral epicondyle (a knobby bump at the bottom of the humerus bone of the upper arm). It ...

Methods: Medial and lateral epicondyles were obtained from 12 cadavers. Six middle aged cadavers (mean 47 years) were used to assess the molecular composition of “normal” entheses from people within ...