Injection of Botulinum Toxin for Treatment of Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Lateral epicondylitis can be chronic and difficult to manage with conservative measures such as physical therapy and corticosteroid injection. We attempted to determine the efficacy of botulinum toxin for the treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis. We searched PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Google Scholar, EMBASE, PEDro, and ISI web of Science databases from inception until November 2009. [...]
Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy: Correlation of Ultrasound Findings With Pain and Functional Disability
Lateral elbow tendinopathy is a common condition often diagnosed by ultrasound. Debate exists regarding which ultrasound findings correlate with disease severity and prognosis. Sonographic predictors for tendon healing in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy can be found by correlating initial ultrasound findings with subsequent changes in pain and functional disability scores after a period of [...]
Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy: Correlation of Ultrasound Findings With Pain and Functional Disability.
The hypothesis for this study was that sonographic predictors for tendon healing in patients with lateral elbow tendinopathy can be found by correlating initial ultrasound findings with subsequent changes in pain and functional disability scores after a period of nonoperative management. Sixty-two elbows (34 right, 28 left) in 62 patients (30 male, 32 female) with [...]
The Effects of Local Steroid Injection on Pain, Disability, and Hand Functions in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis
The objective of this study was to evaluate the pain intensity, disability, and hand functions in patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis and to determine the short- and long-term effects of steroid injection on pain, disability, and impaired hand function. Patients with chronic unilateral lateral epicondylitis and healthy normal controls [HNC] matched for age, body mass [...]
Effectiveness of corticosteroid injections compared with physiotherapeutic interventions for lateral epicondylitis: A systematic review
The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of corticosteroid injections with physiotherapeutic interventions for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow). Five RCTs were identified and included in the review. Four of the studies included the measurement of pain-free grip strength. Standardised mean differences (effect sizes) were calculated for this outcome measure [...]
Exercise-induced mechanical hypoalgesia in musculotendinous tissues of the lateral elbow.
Slater H, Thériault E, Ronningen BO, Clark R, Nosaka K The aim of this study was to investigate mechanical sensitivity responses at the lateral elbow to repeated weekly bouts of low load exercise in healthy subjects. Thirteen young men (n=6) and women participated in 4 weeks of exercise. Arms were randomly allocated to an eccentric-only [...]
Cyriax Physiotherapy Versus Phonophoresis with Supervised Exercise in Subjects with Lateral Epicondylalgia: A Randomized Clinical Trial
AMIT V. NAGRALE; CHRISTOPHER R. HERD,; SHYAM GANVIR; GOPICHAND RAMTEKE The purpose of this randomized clinical trial was to compare the effectiveness of deep transverse friction massage with Mill's manipulation versus phonophoresis with supervised exercise in managing lateral epicondylalgia. Sixty patients age 30-60, presenting with the teno- periosteal variety of lateral epicondylalgia with symptom duration [...]
Effectiveness of corticosteroid injections compared with physiotherapeutic interventions for lateral epicondylitis: A systematic review
Steven Barr, Frances L. Cerisola and Victoria Blanchard The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of corticosteroid injections with physiotherapeutic interventions for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow). Five RCTs were identified and included in the review. Four of the studies included the measurement of pain-free grip strength. Standardised mean differences [...]
The immediate effect of orthotic management on grip strength of patients with lateral epicondylosis.
Jafarian FS, Demneh ES, Tyson SF. The ojective of this study was to determine the immediate effect of 3 common types of orthoses (2 elbow counterforce orthoses and a wrist splint) on grip strength in individuals with lateral epicondylosis. Fifty-two subjects with lateral epicondylosis were recruited, maximum and pain-free grip strength were assessed using a [...]
Cyriax Physiotherapy Versus Phonophoresis with Supervised Exercise in Subjects with Lateral Epicondylalgia: A Randomized Clinical Trial
AMIT V. NAGRALE, CHRISTOPHER R. HERD, SHYAM GANVIR, GOPICHAND RAMTEKE, The purpose of this RCT was to compare the effectiveness of deep transverse friction massage with Mill's manipulation versus phonophoresis with supervised exercise in managing lateral epicondylalgia. Sixty patients age 30-60, presenting with the teno- periosteal variety of lateral epicondylalgia with symptom duration received either [...]
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