PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L Bisset
AU  - A Paungmali
AU  - B Vicenzino
AU  - E Beller
TI  - A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials on physical interventions for lateral epicondylalgia
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.2004.016170
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 411--422
VI  - 39
IP  - 7
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/39/7/411.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/39/7/411.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med2005 Jul 01; 39
AB  - A systematic review of the literature on the effectiveness of physical interventions for lateral epicondylalgia (tennis elbow) was carried out. Seventy six randomised controlled trials were identified, 28 of which satisfied the minimum criteria for meta-analysis. The evidence suggests that extracorporeal shock wave therapy is not beneficial in the treatment of tennis elbow. There is a lack of evidence for the long term benefit of physical interventions in general. However, further research with long term follow up into manipulation and exercise as treatments is indicated.