Cyriax physiotherapy for tennis elbow/lateral epicondylitis.

Comparison of Effectiveness of Supervised Exercise Program and Cyriax Physiotherapy in Patients with Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis): A Randomized Clinical Trial

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of supervised exercise program and Cyriax physiotherapy in the treatment of tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis). DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. SETTING Physiotherapy and rehabilitation centre. SUBJECTS This study was carried out with 20 patients, who had tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis). INTERVENTION Group A (n = 10) had received supervised...

Comparison of effects of Cyriax physiotherapy, a supervised exercise programme and polarized polychromatic non-coherent light (Bioptron light) for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis.

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of Cyriax physiotherapy, a supervised exercise programme, and polarized polychromatic non-coherent light (Bioptron light) in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis. DESIGN Controlled clinical trial. SETTING Rheumatology and rehabilitation centre. SUBJECTS This study was carried out with 75 patients who had lateral epicondylitis. They were allocated t...

Effectiveness of physical therapy treatments on lateral epicondylitis.

OBJECTIVE To analyze research literature that has examined the effectiveness of various physical therapy interventions on lateral epicondylitis. DATA SOURCES Evidence was compiled with data located using the PubMed, EBSCO, The Cochrane Library, and the Hooked on Evidence databases from 1994 to 2006 using the key words lateral epicondylitis, tennis elbow, modalities, intervention, management o...

Physiotherapy or a wait-and-see policy was the best option for lateral epicondylitis at 1 year.

Surgical Treatment of Tennis Elbow; Minimal Incision Technique

  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 ...