LOCAL CORTICOSTEROID INJECTION VERSUS CYRIAX-TYPE PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR TENNIS ELBOW

Local corticosteroid injection versus Cyriax-type physiotherapy for tennis elbow.

We performed a prospective, randomised trial on 106 patients to compare the effects of local corticosteroid injections with physiotherapy as advocated by Cyriax in the treatment of tennis elbow. The main outcome measures were the severity of pain, pain provoked by resisted dorsiflexion of the wrist, and patient satisfaction. At six weeks 22 of 53 patients in the injection group were free from p...

Cyriax physiotherapy for tennis elbow/lateral epicondylitis.

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 have been proposed to manage this condition. One is Cyriax physiotherapy. The effectiveness and reported effects of this intervention are reviewed.

Tennis elbow: role of local steroid injection.

BACKGROUND Tennis elbow is a condition, characterised by pain and tenderness over the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, and pain on resisted dorsiflexion of the wrist, middle finger, or both. The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to investigate the short term efficacy of local steroid injection compared with oral and topical NSAIDs. METHODS Sixty patients (45 male and 15 female) we...

For patients with tennis elbow, physiotherapy is superior to corticosteroid injections in the long term.

Physiotherapy interventions improve tennis elbow with superior long-term outcomes to corticosteroid injections.

Question: What is the effect of physiotherapy compared with a wait and see approach or corticosteroid injections for tennis elbow? Design: Randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-totreat analysis. Setting: Community setting in Australia. Participants: 198 respondents to advertisements of the trial, aged 18 to 65 years, with a clinical diagnosis of...