TY - JOUR
T1 - Lateral epicondylitis
T2 - clinical classification and proposal for treatment.
AU - Rotini, R.
AU - Fontana, M.
AU - Catamo, L.
AU - Noia, F.
AU - Magnani, M.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The authors report their experience in a retrospective study on a sample year (1997) of cases (77 in number) of lateral epicondylitis treated non-surgically at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute. The results for the 63 patients reviewed are very disappointing (healing only in 36.5% of cases). In their opinion, this may be attributed to the lack of an accurate clinical definition of the pathology, and an inadequate treatment protocol. They conclude with the proposal to classify 3 clinical forms for epicondylitis (acute, chronic recurrent, and chronic persistent) and to follow a corresponding treatment protocol, aimed at improving results.
AB - The authors report their experience in a retrospective study on a sample year (1997) of cases (77 in number) of lateral epicondylitis treated non-surgically at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute. The results for the 63 patients reviewed are very disappointing (healing only in 36.5% of cases). In their opinion, this may be attributed to the lack of an accurate clinical definition of the pathology, and an inadequate treatment protocol. They conclude with the proposal to classify 3 clinical forms for epicondylitis (acute, chronic recurrent, and chronic persistent) and to follow a corresponding treatment protocol, aimed at improving results.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11569029
AN - SCOPUS:0033766478
SN - 0009-4749
VL - 85
SP - 57
EP - 64
JO - Chirurgia degli Organi di Movimento
JF - Chirurgia degli Organi di Movimento
IS - 1
ER -