Determining Frequency of Cervical Radiculopathy in Patients Suffering from Lateral Epicondylitis Resistant to Treatment Visiting Physical Clinic of Baghi’at-Allah Hospital (2012- 2013)

Asadolah Amanolahi^1* and Reza Salman Roghani²

¹Assistant professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baqiyatallah Medical University, Tehran, Iran. ²Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Social Rehabilitation, Iran.

Abstract: The current paper studies the frequency of cervical radiculopathy in patients suffering from lateral Epicondylitis resistant to treatment visiting physical clinic of Baghi’at- Allah hospital (2012- 2013). In fact, lateral Epicondylitis is known as a disease common in elbow, and as an inflammation with degenerative changes of extensor muscles. In this regard, we in this research investigate about all patients visiting physical clinic due to lateral Epicondylitis .the population of this research includes 120 patients suffering from lateral Epicondylitis resistant to treatment who visited physical clinic of Baghi’at-Allah hospital in the year 2012-2013 .it uses SPSS software for data analysis. The results obtained by data analysis indicate that there is not a meaningful relation between radiculopathy and gender of patients suffering from lateral Epicondylitis.

Keywords: lateral Epicondylitis; cervical radiculopathy; elbow lateral Epicondylitis

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