Extracorporeal shock wave treatment for chronic tendinitis of the elbow (lateral epicondylitis).

Authors' objectives This Assessment evaluates whether extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) improves health outcomes for patients with lateral epicondylitis that is unresponsive to conservative treatment. This Assessment updates the 2003 TEC Assessment, which concluded that ESWT did not meet the TEC criteria for treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis. The purpose of this Assessment is to reassess whether the evidence on ESWT for lateral epicondylitis meets the TEC criteria in light of newly available studies.