Effects of Eccentric Training for Patients With Lateral Epicondylalgia

Effects of Eccentric Training for Patients With Lateral Epicondylalgia - a Randomized Controlled Trial

The purpose of this study is to evaluate eccentric training as an intervention for lateral epicondylalgia (tennis elbow) in a clinical setting.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Positive diagnostic criteria according to Haker (1991): A history of pain around the lateral epicondyle for at least one month.
• Pain at palpation of the lateral epicondyle of humerus and positive results in two of the following three pain provocation tests: Middle finger test, resisted extension of the wrist, and Vigorimeter test. Each of these tests is described in detail by Haker (1991)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis
• Fibromyalgia
• Previous surgery in the elbow region
• Neck dysfunction suggesting possible cervical rhizopathy
• Entrapment of n.radialis
• Patients with ongoing treatment, or previous treatment less than three months before enrolled to the study.