[Epicondylalgia: a new etiopathogenic and therapeutic approach]

Based on his personal experience as well as on a review of the literature, anatomical arguments and the results of a simple operative technique, the author has made an attempt to refute the presently admitted theory in which the misnomer "epicondylitis" would be the consequence of a compression of the deep (motor) branch of the radial nerve as it runs through the supinator muscle. According to the author, epicondylalgia could be the result of synovitis of the radiohumeral articulation, either provoked or maintained by the continuous traction on the annular ligament by the supinator muscle.