A randomized controlled trial of eccentric vs. concentric graded exercise in chronic tennis elbow (lateral elbow tendinopathy)

• Published in: Clinical rehabilitation Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 862 - 872
• Main Authors: Peterson, Magnus, Butler, Stephen, Eriksson, Margaretha, Svärdsudd, Kurt
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2014; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: chronic; Clinical trials; concentric; eccentric; Elbow; epicondylosis; exercise; Exercise Therapy - methods; Female; Health care; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle contraction; Muscle function; Muscle strength; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Pain; Pain Management - methods; Primary care; Public health; Quality of life; RCT; Sweden; tendinitis; tendinosis; tennis elbow; Tennis Elbow - therapy; Sweden; concentric exercise; eccentric exercise; pain; tennis elbow; eccentric; Concentric; randomized controlled trial; tendinopathy

Objective: To analyse treatment effects of eccentric vs. concentric graded exercise in chronic tennis elbow. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Primary care in Uppsala County, Sweden. Subjects: A total of 120 subjects with tennis elbow lasting more than three months were recruited from pr...