Lateral Epicondyle Tendinopathy (LET) Toolkit

Check out this NEW and IMPROVED version of the popular Lateral Epicondyle Tendinopathy Toolkit (accessed over 100K times worldwide)! 

This new interactive toolkit has been updated with the latest evidence.  

The purpose of the toolkit is to provide clinicians with information (both evidence-informed and expert-informed) to facilitate clinical decisions regarding the management of tendinopathy of the lateral epicondyle. 

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The toolkit is comprised of the following sections: 

  • Algorithm 
  • Clinical assessment of LET 
  • Outcome measures 
  • Summary of the evidence
    • Manual therapy (elbow joint & spinal mobilizations; soft tissue techniques)
    • Exercise 
    • Acupuncture 
    • Dry needling 
    • Low-Level Laser Therapy 
    • High-Intensity LASER 
    • Ultrasound 
    • Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 
    • Iontophoresis  
    • Orthotic Devices 
    • Taping 
  • Exercise prescription 
  • Manual therapy 
  • LASER dosage calculation 
  • Braces, splints and taping 

A sincere thank you to the members of the Tendinopathy Task Force (Dr. Joseph Anthony, Paul Blazey, Dr. Allison Ezzat, Dr. Angela Fearon, Diana Hughes, Carol Kennedy, Dr. Alex Scott, Michael Yates and Alison Hoens), graphic designer Amir Doroudian and UBC MPT students Alex Lu, Reena Vashistha, Tristan Mascarenhas, Henry Mok, Samuel Ng and Margaret Trajan. 

Questions and comments are welcome. Please contact Alison.hoens@ubc.ca