Brooke K. Coombes

TL;DR: It is shown consistent findings between many high-quality randomised controlled trials that corticosteroid injections reduced pain in the short term compared with other interventions, but this effect was reversed at intermediate and long terms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effectiveness of corticosteroid injection, multimodal physiotherapy, or both in patients with unilateral lateral epicondylalgia, using a 2 × 2 factorial, randomized, injection-blinded, placebo controlled trial at a single university research center and 16 primary care settings in Brisbane, Australia.

TL;DR: It is proposed that the current understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of lateral epicondylalgia can be conceptualised as encompassing three interrelated components: the local tendon pathology, changes in the pain system, and motor system impairments.

TL;DR: Lateral epicondylalgia patients presenting with severe pain and disability could be distinguished by hypersensitivity to thermal stimuli, notably bilateral cold hyperalgesia, which may help explain the poorer outcomes found in this subpopulation.

TL;DR: A group of international clinical and research experts from different disciplines aimed to achieve a consensus in terminology for persistent tendon disorders through a Delphi and consensus process that culminated in a face-to-face meeting at the fifth International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium in Groningen, the Netherlands, on 26 September 2018.