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A retrospective study of the conservative treatment of tennis-elbow
H Dijs1, G Mortier, M Driessens
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Clinic of Antwerp, UIA.
Acta Belgica. Medica Physica : Organe Officiel De La Societe Royale Belge De Medecine Physique Et De Rehabilitation
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
The files of 64 patients (70 tennis elbows) treated in our department because of tennis elbow complaints, were reviewed. The results showed injection with a corticosteroid preparation to be effective in alleviating the pain in the short term (91% improvement within 1 week), but the incidence of recurrence of symptoms to be high (51%) after an average period of 3 months). Physical therapy appeared to be less effective (47% improvement after an average of 6 weeks or 20 sessions), but recurrence of symptoms was far less frequent (5%).