Relationships Between Ultrasound Data and the Impact of Lateral Epicondylar Pain

Study of the Relationship Between Functional Ultrasound Data and the Impact of Lateral Epicondylar Pain

Our primary objective is to study the relationship between ultra sound data and the pain associated with tennis elbow.

Inclusion Criteria for Tennis Elbow patients:

• The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
• The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
• The patient is available for 90 days of follow up
• Pain when pressure applied to the epicondyl
• Pain upon forced movement of both epicondylien muscles
• Absence of pain upon forced movement of an epitrochlear muscle
• Absence of one or more skeletal-muscle problem on the homolateral arm felt by the patient to be just as problematic as his/her tennis elbow
• at least one consult for pain treatment associated with tennis elbow (on the same elbow)

Inclusion Criteria for healthy volunteers:

• The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
• The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
• No pain when pressure applied to the epicondyl
• No pain upon forced movement of both epicondylien muscles
• No neck pain
• No skeletal-muscle problems in the arms during the 3 months preceding the study

Exclusion Criteria for Tennis Elbow patients:

• The patient is included in another study
• The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
• The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
• The patient refuses to sign the consent
• It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
• The patient is pregnant
• The patient is breastfeeding
• Absence of one or more skeletal-muscle problem on the homolateral arm felt by the patient to be just as problematic as his/her tennis elbow

Exclusion Criteria for Health Volunteers:

• The subject is included in another study
• The subject is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
• The subject is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
• The subject refuses to sign the consent
• It is impossible to correctly inform the subject
• Presence of one or more skeletal-muscle problems in the arms within the 3 months preceding the study
• Pain when pressure applied to the epicondyl
• Pain upon forced movement of both epicondylien muscles
• Consultation for any kind of treatment for elbow pain