The diagnostic validity of musculoskeletal ultrasound in lateral epicondylalgia: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ultrasound is considered a reliable, widely available, non-invasive and inexpensive imaging technique for assessing soft tissue involvement in Lateral epicondylalgia. Despite the number of diagnostic studies for Lateral Epicondylalgia, there is no consensus in the current literature on the best abnormal ultrasound findings that confirm lateral epicondylalgia.

Methods

Eligible studies identified by searching electronic databases, scanning reference lists of articles and chapters on ultrasound in reference books, and consultation of experts in sonography. Three reviewers (VCDIII, KP, KW) independently searched the databases using the agreed search strategy, and independently conducted all stages of article selection. Two reviewers (VCDIII, KP) then screened titles a

SUBMITTER: Dones VC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4015882 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature