Elbow Disorders in an Outpatient Clinic: An Epidemiological Study
In our investigation, lateral epicondylitis (53.2%), medial epicondylitis (16.2%), olecranon bursitis (5.8%), triceps tendinopathy (5.0%), and elbow stiffness (4.4%) were identified as the five most frequent diagnoses with an overall slight male prevalence.
Authors
- Rodrigo Alves Beraldo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3514-2909)
- Eduardo Angeli Malavolta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1956-6445)
- Leonardo Zanesco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3554-7298)
- Caio Santos Checchia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1562-9795)
- Jorge Henrique Assunção (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2566-3471)
- Chikao Arai
- Rafael Uthant
Institutions
- Hospital do Coração (BR)
- Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí (BR)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Hospital Sírio-Libanês (BR)
- Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.85029
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01