ArticleRheumatology (Oxford, England)2012
Occupation and epicondylitis: a population-based study.
Article in Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07589725 (Effects of Mulligan Mobilization With Movement Technique on Pain, Muscle Stiffness, Grip Strength, and Function in Patients With Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 55 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Mulligan Mobilization With Movement Technique on Pain, Muscle Stiffness, Grip Strength, and Function in Patients With Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 163 citations in OpenAlex.
- Manual therapy and exercise for lateral elbow pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Work-relatedness of lateral epicondylitis: Systematic review including meta-analysis and GRADE work-relatedness of lateral epicondylitis.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Elbow tendinopathy and occupational biomechanical overload: A systematic review with best-evidence synthesis.Journal of occupational health · 2021Pooled it
- Quantitative Measures of Physical Risk Factors Associated with Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Elbow: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Platelet-Rich Plasma Provides Superior Clinical Outcomes Without Radiologic Differences in Lateral Epicondylitis: Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
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- Lived experience of people with lateral elbow tendinopathy: a qualitative study from the OPTimisE pilot and feasibility trial.BMJ open · 2023Trial
- Platelet-rich Plasma or Autologous Blood Do Not Reduce Pain or Improve Function in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2020Trial
- A randomized study of autologous conditioned plasma and steroid injections in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis.International orthopaedics · 2015Trial
- Workplace use and outcomes of the dynamic orthosis for lateral epicondylitis: a comparative cohort study.JSES international · 2026Article
- Sickness Absence Duration Across Twenty Different Pathologies: A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Review
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- Randomized controlled trial outcomes for nonoperative management of lateral epicondylitis of the elbow are statistically fragile: a systematic review.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2025Article
- A Standardized, Three-Dimensional Cropping Protocol for Analyzing the Medial Epicondyle of the Humerus.American journal of biological anthropology · 2025Article
- Deep learning for occupation recognition and knowledge discovery in rheumatology clinical notes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection in the Management of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Retrospective Assessment.Cureus · 2025Article
- Methodological Variation Among Studies Evaluating Pain Processing in Tendinopathy: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- Mechanical overload-induced release of extracellular mitochondrial particles from tendon cells leads to inflammation in tendinopathy.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the relationship between occupational exposures and lateral and medial epicondylitis, and the effect of epicondylitis on sickness absence in a population sample of working-aged adults.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study of 9696 randomly selected adults aged 25-64 years involving a screening questionnaire and standardized physical examination. Age- and sex-specific prevalence rates of epicondylitis were estimated and associations with occupational risk factors explored.
resultsAmong 6038 respondents, 636 (11%) reported elbow pain in the last week. Of those surveyed, 0.7% were diagnosed with lateral epicondylitis and 0.6% with medial epicondylitis. Lateral epicondylitis was associated with manual work [odds ratio (OR) 4.0, 95% CI 1.9, 8.4]. In multivariate analyses, repetitive bending/straightening elbow >1 h day was independently associated with lateral (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.2, 5.5) and medial epicondylitis (OR 5.1, 95% CI 1.8, 14.3). Five per cent of adults with epicondylitis took sickness absence because of their elbow symptoms in the past 12 months (median 29 days).
conclusionRepetitive exposure to bending/straightening the elbow was a significant risk factor for medial and lateral epicondylitis. Epicondylitis is associated with prolonged sickness absence in 5% of affected working-aged adults.
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