BACKGROUND
Essential fatty acids influence the production of prostaglandins, which is suggested to be of importance for the development of chronic degenerative changes in tendons. Clinical studies indicate that treatment with essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals may be effective against
In addition to the routine therapy, the patients with lateral epicondylitis included into experimental group were subjected to a 12-week cell-stimulation therapy with low-intensity frequency-modulated electric current. The control group received the same routine therapy and sham stimulation (the
We used the microdialysis technique to study concentrations of substances in the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendon in patients with tennis elbow. In 4 patients (mean age 41 years, 3 men) with a long duration of localized pain at the ECRB muscle origin, and in 4 controls (mean age 36
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