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 Tennis elbow

Synonymous

radiohumeral epicondylitis, lawn tennis arm, Epicondylitis humeri lateralis / radialis, mouse elbow

Definition

If one uses the expression "tennis elbow", almost everybody knows which pains are meant. From a medical point of view it is about a pain syndrome whose origins are located in the area of the hands` and also fingers` musculature and at the outer insertions of the upper arm bone (humerus). Therefore a so-called inflammation of the tendons` insertion (=tendonitis of the insertion), at which mainly the stretching musculature of the forearm is concerned, is meant by a tennis elbow. The inflammation is usually caused by an overstraining during the occupation or also during sports (e.g. tennis). This explains the origin of the name "tennis elbow".

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