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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2020; 55(05): 564-569
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3402465
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Comparative Study between Scales: Subjective Elbow Value and Patient-rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation Applied to Patients Affected by Lateral Epicondylitis

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Roberto Yukio Ikemoto 
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Luiz Henrique Oliveira Almeida
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Giovanna Galvão Braga Motta
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Alexandre Se Moo Kim
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Carlos Vitor Nunes Lial
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Johny James Claros
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective To verify if the subjective elbow value (SEV) scale presents similar results to those of the Patient-rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) scale in the evaluation of patients with lateral elbow epicondylitis (LEE).

Methods Thirty-seven patients were diagnosed with LEE in the outpatient service of our hospital through clinical history, physical examination, X-ray, and ultrasonography. The SEV and PRTEE scales were used and their results were compared using a significance level ≥ 5% (p ≥0.05).

Results A statistically significant relationship was found between the values of SEV and PRTEE in the group of patients studied (p = 0.017).

Conclusion Subjective elbow value presented similar results to PRTEE in the evaluation of patients with diagnosis of LEE.

Keywords

elbow - tendons - ultrasonography - physical examination - tennis elbow


Publication History

Received: 01 February 2018

Accepted: 28 March 2019

Article published online:
20 October 2020

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