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17600835

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to investigate strength, fatigability, and activity of upper limb musculature to elucidate the role of muscular imbalance in the pathophysiology of tennis elbow. Sixteen patients clinically diagnosed with tennis elbow, recruited from a university hospital upper limb orthopedic clinic, were compared with 16 control subjects with no history of upper limb musculoskeletal problem, recruited from university students and staff. Muscle strength was measured for grip, metacarpophalangeal, wrist, and shoulder on both sides. Electromyographic activity (RMS amplitude) and fatigue characteristics (median frequency slope) of five forearm and two shoulder muscles were measured during isometric contraction at 50% maximum voluntary contraction. All strength measurements showed dominance difference in C, but none in TE. In tennis elbow compared to controls, hand/wrist and shoulder strength and extensor carpi radialis (ECR) activity were reduced (p < 0.05), while fatigue was normal. A global upper limb weakness exists in tennis elbow. This may be due to disuse and deconditioning syndrome caused by fear avoidance, and needs to be addressed in prevention and treatment. Activation imbalance among forearm muscles (reduced extensor carpi radialis activity) in tennis elbow, probably due to protective pain-related inhibition, could lead to a widespread upper limb muscle imbalance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1554-527X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2007 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1651-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Upper limb muscle imbalance in tennis elbow: a functional and electromyographic assessment.
pubmed:affiliation
Musculoskeletal Science Research Group, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA, United Kingdom. omid1348@liv.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article