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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1966</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT OF LATERAL EPICONDYLALGIA: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF TREATMENT METHODS&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Saxena</surname><given-names>Jagatheesan Alagesan Sanjeev</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ramadass</surname><given-names>Anandbabu</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>65</fpage><lpage>74</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: Lateral epicondylalgia (LE) is a commonly encountered musculo skeletal complaint. Currently, there is no agreement regarding the exact underlying patho-anatomical cause or the most effective management strategy. The aim of this systematic review was to identify and summarize the existing evidence on physiotherapy management in patients with Lateral Epicondylalgia through published studies to establish an evidence for decision making in clinical practice and research. Methods: The therapeutic modalities reported in Medline, EBSCO and Google Scholar were searched independently and 27 suitable trials were identified and qualitatively reviewed. The selected studies were grouped under each treatment method and were described under manual therapy, exercise therapy, brace, electrotherapy and actinotherapy in the review. Results: The physiotherapy management of LE patients includes Manual therapy, taping, electrotherapy, Actinotherapy, Exercises therapy, Brace, Low-Level Laser Therapy, Ultrasound Therapy and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and no specific therapy has emerged as a __ampersandsign#39;gold standard__ampersandsign#39; with demonstrably superior long-term efficacy. Conclusion: This review finding would facilitate clinicians and researchers to understand the&#13;
physiotherapy treatment options available for the management of patients with LE. There is a lack of evidence for the long term benefit of physical therapy interventions in general and an effective treatment strategy that provides rapid alleviation of LE and that is maintained in the long term is needed.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Physiotherapy</kwd><kwd> Rehabilitation</kwd><kwd> Lateral Epicondylalgia</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
