Socio-demographics and Clinical Profile of Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis Varghese Daison V1,*, Rai H Ravindranath2, Varghese Jaison3, Renjith Vishnu4 1Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Orthopedics, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, India 2Professor & Head, Department of Orthopedics, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, India 3Physical Therapist, Select Rehabilitation, Michigan, USA 4Junior Research Fellow, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing Manipal, Manipal University, India *Corresponding author: Daison Varghese V, Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Orthopedics, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, India
Online published on 18 July, 2017. Abstract Introduction Lateral Epicondylitis (LE), also known as tennis elbow refers to the chronic symptomatic degeneration of the tendons that attaches extensor muscles of the forearm to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. The aim of the study was to explore the socio-demographics and clinical profile of patients with lateral epicondylitis. Method A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the orthopedic outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital at Mangaluru, Karnataka. Using a purposive sampling technique, 60 patients were recruited. Three instruments were used for the study. Socio-demographic characteristics were obtained using a Socio-demographic data questionnaire. The clinical profile was explored using; LE assessment proforma and a Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) questionnaire. The study was approved by the institutional ethical committee. Results Majority of the participants were in the age group of 20–40 years (60%). Fifty-three percent of the study participants were males. Ninety percent of the subjects were right-hand dominant. The various symptoms experienced by patients include tenderness (95%), swelling (13.3%) and elevated joint temperature (8.3%). All the participants had a positive result in Mill's test and Cozen's test, indicating the presence of lateral epicondylitis. The evaluation using PRTEE revealed that the mean (standard deviation) pain subscale score was 24.79 (5.75) and functional ability subscale score was 21.7 (5.20). The mean (SD) composite score of PRTEE was 46.48 (9.20). The study concluded that the lateral epicondylitis results in significant pain and functional disability. Top Keywords Tennis Elbow, Lateral Epicondylitis, Clinical Profile. Top |