Tennis elbow is a tendinopathy of the common extensor origin (fig 1) of the lateral elbow. Although the pathology is in the elbow region, patients present with gradual onset of pain on extension movements of the wrist and fingers and supination of the forearm. The condition was formerly known as “lateral epicondylitis.” Because the pathology is no longer thought to be inflammatory, the “itis” s...

Tennis elbow is a painful condition and causes restricted movement of forearm which requires treatment for long period. Till date only symptomatic treatments are available like use of anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs, steroids injection, physiotherapy, exercise etc. But none of these provide satisfactory result. Long term use of anti-inflammatory, analgesic drugs and steroids injection is also...

BACKGROUND Tennis elbow is commonly encountered by physicians, yet little is known about the cost of treating this condition. HYPOTHESIS The largest cost associated with treating tennis elbow is procedural intervention. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive epidemiology study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 4. METHODS This retrospective population-based study reviewed patients who were treated for new-onse...

Background. Autologous whole blood and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) have been both suggested to treat chronic tennis elbow. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of PRP versus autologous whole blood local injection in chronic tennis elbow. Methods. Forty patients with tennis elbow were randomly divided into 2 groups. Group 1 was treated with a single injection of 2 mL of autolog...

results both counterforce straps were effective. however, significantly more improvement was observed in pain and grip strength after using the newly modified orthosis (p < 0.05). conclusions the newly designed strap reduces pain more effectively and improves grip strength by causing greater localized pressure on two regions with different force applications (two component vectors versus one). ...

An epidemiologic study of the incidence and recurrence of tennis elbow among over 500 tennis players (278 men, 254 women; age range, 20 to 50 years) indicated that age and amount of playing time per day were contributing factors to the injury. Both incidence and recurrence rates increased with age. An interactive effect of playing time and age was observed with increased playing time associated...

Elbow is a well-known body part of muscular strains and overuse syndromes. Patients presented to the orthopedic department with elbow pain or swelling often diagnosed benign conditions such as tennis elbow, golfer’s olecranon bursitis. It must be kept in mind that several tumoral can seen around patient carefully evaluated. In this study, we aimed demonstrate rare cases bone soft tissue tumors ...