Introduction
painful elbow condition, Lateral elbow tendinopathy
TENNIS ELBOW
Lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) is a painful elbow condition, commonly known as Tennis Elbow. The term Tennis Elbow is thought to date back to 1882, when the condition was originally described as Lawn Tennis Arm, and has been used ever since.LET describes a painful condition involving the extensor tendons of the forearm near the lateral epicondyle of the elbow, or enthesis, from where they originate. It occurs frequently, with point prevalence in the adult general population at a given time, reported between 1.3% and 4.4%.This qualitative study was embedded within a two-arm multi-centred pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial investigating whether a newly designed optimised physiotherapy protocol (OPTimisE intervention) could be tested against usual care in a real world healthcare setting.