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  • Elbow flexor and extensor muscle weakness in lateral epicondylalgia

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    Coombes, Brooke K
    Bisset, Leanne
    Vicenzino, Bill
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Bisset, Leanne M.
    Coombes, Brooke K.
    Year published
    2012
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    Objective To evaluate whether deficits of elbow flexor and extensor muscle strength exist in lateral epicondylalgia (LE) in comparison with a healthy control population. Design Cross-sectional study. Participants 150 participants with unilateral LE were compared with 54 healthy control participants. Main outcome measures Maximal isometric elbow flexion and extension strength were measured bilaterally using a purpose-built standing frame such that gripping was avoided. Results The authors found significant side differences in elbow extensor (-6.54 N, 95% CI -11.43 to -1.65, p=0.008, standardised mean difference (SMD) ...
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    Objective To evaluate whether deficits of elbow flexor and extensor muscle strength exist in lateral epicondylalgia (LE) in comparison with a healthy control population. Design Cross-sectional study. Participants 150 participants with unilateral LE were compared with 54 healthy control participants. Main outcome measures Maximal isometric elbow flexion and extension strength were measured bilaterally using a purpose-built standing frame such that gripping was avoided. Results The authors found significant side differences in elbow extensor (-6.54 N, 95% CI -11.43 to -1.65, p=0.008, standardised mean difference (SMD) -0.45) and flexor muscle strength (-11.26 N, 95% CI -19.59 to -2.94, p=0.009, SMD -0.46) between LE and control groups. Within the LE group, only elbow extensor muscle strength deficits between sides was significant (affected-unaffected: -2.94 N, 95% CI -5.44 to -0.44). Conclusion Small significant deficits of elbow extensor and flexor muscle strength exist in the affected arm of unilateral LE in comparison with healthy controls. Notably, comparing elbow strength between the affected and unaffected sides in unilateral epicondylalgia is likely to underestimate these deficits.
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    Journal Title
    British Journal of Sports Medicine
    Volume
    46
    Issue
    6
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2011.083949
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    © The Author(s) 2011. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal's website or contact the authors.
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    Engineering
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Education
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/43257
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