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The Difficulty of Establishing Effective Treatments for Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy

Volume 6 - Issue 4

Stasinopoulos Dimitrios*

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    • Chairperson/Associate Professor, Physiotherapy, Director of Cyprus Musculoskeletal and Sports Trauma Research Centre (CYMUSTR EC), Department of Health Sciences, School of Sciences, Cyprus

    *Corresponding author: Stasinopoulos Dimitrios, Chairperson/Associate Professor, Physiotherapy, Coordinator of MSc in Sports Physiotherapy, Coordinator of Physiotherapy Program, Director of Cyprus Musculoskeletal and Sports Trauma Research Centre (CYMUSTR EC), Physiotherapy Program, Deparment of Health Sciences, School of Sciences, Nicosia, Cyprus

Received: June 28, 2018;   Published: July 11, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001390

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Abstract

Although the signs and symptoms of Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy (LET) are clear and its diagnosis is easy, to date, no ideal treatment has emerged. It is important to understand why it has proved difficult for previous workers to establish effective treatments for LET. This may be due to the difficulty of establishing nomenclature, pathophysiology, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and conservative treatment of the condition

Abstract| Difficulties with Nomenclature| Difficulties with Pathophysiology| Difficulties with Etiology| Difficulties with Epidemiology| Difficulties with Diagnosis| Difficulty with Conservative Treatments| References|