17/09/2025
Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis) â āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŽ:
Tennis elbow āĻŽā§āϞāϤ forearm āĻāϰ extensor muscles, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻāϰ⧠extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendon āĻāϰ overuse āĻŦāĻž repetitive stress āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ micro-tears āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āώāϤ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠tendon āĻ, āϝāĻž āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠tendon degeneration (tendinosis) āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ Tennis elbow āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ racket sports āĻā§āϞā§ā§āĻžā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠repetitive gripping, typing āĻŦāĻž heavy lifting āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϝ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦā§āϏā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŽ:
ā§§. Repetitive wrist extension āĻ forearm supination āĻāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠ECRB tendon āĻ micro-tears āĻšā§āĨ¤
⧍. Micro-tears āĻāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠local inflammation āĻāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāύ⧠āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ tendon degeneration āĻšā§āĨ¤
ā§Š. Tendon āĻāϰ collagen fibers disorganized āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ pain, tenderness, gripping weakness āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§āĨ¤
ā§Ē. Chronic phase āĻ tendon thickening āĻ fibrosis āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āϝāĻž āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ function āĻāĻŽāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤
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