Epidemiology and Disease Burden of Lateral Epicondylitis in the USA: Analysis of 85,318 Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

National rates of lateral epicondylitis and surgical treatment are poorly defined. Disease burden of lateral epicondylitis (LE) continues to increase annually. Further study is necessary to optimize treatment algorithms to reduce associated health-care expenditures.

Questions/purposes

The purpose of this study is to review the annual incidence of LE, surgical rates, and associated health-care costs in a population setting.

Methods

A national database was queried for LE from 2007 to 2014. Surgical cases were identified and annual rates were recorded. Demographic and epidemiologic data were reported with descriptive statistics, while trends over time were analyzed using linear regression.

Results

Eighty-five thousand three hundred eighteen cases of LE

SUBMITTER: Degen RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786580 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature