Risk factors of the common tennis elbow

Tennis elbow is one of the common presentation among weekend warrior’s after a long break away from sports (eg the lockdown). This paper illustrates the risk factors associated with patients who present with tennis elbow.
Female sex, dominant-side involvement, manual labour, and ipsilateral rotator cuff tear were found to be risk factors for lateral epicondylitis.

Park HB, Gwark JY, Im JH, Na JB. Factors Associated With Lateral Epicondylitis of the Elbow. Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 May 13;9(5):23259671211007734. doi: 10.1177/23259671211007734. PMID: 34036114; PMCID: PMC8127791.

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