Participants
elbow pain, Maudsley, pain, PIS
TENNIS ELBOW
We piloted two methods of participant identification: screening of General Practice (GP) computer records and screening of referrals at physiotherapy sites. Those patients identified from GP records were sent a self-screening checklist and invitation letter to contact the trial team if they wished to be considered. Their GP was then asked to refer them to their local physiotherapy site. All physiotherapy referrals for elbow pain were screened at one of three National Health Service (NHS) physiotherapy sites, in either Birmingham, Derby or Sheffield. Patients deemed potentially eligible were sent a patient information sheet (PIS) then telephoned by the site principal investigator (PI) to check eligibility and invite for clinical assessment screening. Inclusion criteria: adults aged 18 or over; physiotherapist-diagnosed tennis elbow which included pain on palpation of the common extensor origin and on gripping; either a positive Cozen's, Mills', or Maudsley's test (