The effects of counterforce brace on pain in subjects with lateral elbow tendinopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Saeed ShahabiKamran Bagheri LankaraniSeyed Taghi HeydariMaryam JalaliSulmaz GhahramaniMojtaba KamyabReza TabriziMostafa Hosseinabadi

Published in: Prosthetics and orthotics international (2020)

The results suggest that counterforce bracing is a reasonable strategy to alleviate pain over the short term. However, the subgroup analysis suggests that factors such as age may have a role in their effectiveness.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
systematic review
neuropathic pain
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
spinal cord
open label
rotator cuff