Objective: To assess if ultrasound guided autologous blood injection is an effective treatment for medial epicondylitis. Methods: Twenty patients (13 men, 7 women) with refractory medial epicondylitis ...

New data show that ultrasound-guided injections of growth factors-containing platelet-rich plasma are no more effective in treating recently developed epicondylitis than injections of saline.

Background Tennis elbow is a tendinopathy affecting the upper extremity. Recent studies have shown high sensitivity for ultrasound (US) examination and high specificity for colour Doppler (CD) ...

FAST uses an ultrasound-guided probe the size of a toothpick to reach the exact area of the elbow where dead tissue is causing pain.

Using steroid injections for tendon problems like tennis elbow could do more harm than good, says a study in The Lancet. It found that injections reduced pain for the first few weeks, but made the ...