Topical nitrates provide shortterm relief with some side effects, especially headache. Topical nitroglycerin (NTG) patches improve subjective pain scores by about 30% and range of motion over 3 days in patients with acute shoulder tendinopathy (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, small randomized controlled trial [RCT] with no methodologic flaws). NTG patches, when combined with tendon rehabil...

Background A variety of treatment options suggest that the optimal treatment strategy for lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) is not known, and further research is needed to discover the most effective treatment for LET. The purpose of the present study was to verify the most effective position of eccentric stretching for the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) in vivo using ultrasonic shear wav...

Persistent pain at the common wrist-extensor origin, often diagnosed as tendinopathy, lateral epicondylosis, or “tennis elbow,” is a frequent complaint in sports rehabilitation. The pain and dysfunction can lead to activity limitation in sports, recreation, and daily activities. The primary short-term goal in treating common wristextensor pain is immediate pain relief, with the long-term goals ...

BACKGROUND Elbow tenderness and pain with resisted wrist extension are common manifestations of lateral epicondylar tendinopathy, also known as tennis elbow. Previous studies have suggested platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to be a safe and effective therapy for tennis elbow. PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical value of tendon needling with PRP in patients with chronic tennis elbow compared with an act...

Background: Lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) is prevalent in the upper extremity, with various therapeutic options. Understanding types and relations between radiological tendon features would help to develop more specific treatments. This study reviewed ultrasound exams of LET investigate degenerative findings relationships them one most prominent sports medicine cl...

OBJECTIVE Pooled meta-analyses of statistically and clinically heterogeneous data of randomised-controlled studies are difficult to interpret. Therefore, a qualitative study-by-study assessment was thought to be of greater relevance, to physicians confronted with a therapy-resistant tennis elbow patient, to determine the effectiveness of shock wave therapy (SWT) for lateral elbow tendinopathy. ...

Although the 1949 discovery of cortisone was a medical landmark, it is still unclear whether this widely used treatment benefi ts patients with tendon pain. In The Lancet today, Brooke Coombes and colleagues evaluate whether corticosteroid injection helps or harms patients with tendinopathies. This question is relevant not only for physicians, but also for other health professionals such as tho...

We read with interest the article by Karimi Mobarakeh et al. (1) titled as “Autologous Blood Injection for Treatment of Tennis Elbow”. We would like to congratulate the authors for taking up such a study. However, we have several considerations regarding this manuscript: 1. What was the number of patients who received the local steroid injections before being in the study and also, what was the...

background: when non-operative treatment of tennis elbow fails; a surgical procedure can be performed to improve the associated symptoms. different surgical techniques for treatment of lateral epicondylitis are prescribed. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of surgical treatment for tennis elbow based on small incision techniques.   methods: this technique was perfo...