Is low-level laser therapy effective in the management of lateral epicondylitis?

Abstract

The purpose of “Evidence in Practice” is to illustrate how evidence is gathered and used to guide clinical decision making. This article is not a case report. The examination, evaluation, and intervention sections are purposely abbreviated. A 55-year-old woman, who was right-hand dominant, was referred to my physical therapy clinic with a 6-month history of pain in her left lateral elbow. The patient was an assembly-line worker in an automotive factory. She worked 40 to 50 hours per week in a rotating 9-job “loop” manufacturing diesel engines. Each day she would perform a different job in the loop for the duration of her shift, until she had performed all 9 job functions, at which …