[12, 36, 37]. Pienim¨aki et al. compared a six-to-eight-week exercise programme of stretches and exercises (isometric and isotonic) with a treatment of pulsed ultrasound across the same time span and showed that the SMD for pain visual analogue scale at rest was 0.97 (95% CI 0.30 to 1.63) and 0.66 (95% CI 0.01 to 1.31) for pain visual analogue scale under strain. Maximum grip strength was not significantly different between groups [12]. This suggests a favourable effect in that exercise may improve pain in lateral
epicondylalgia but not maximum grip strength [12]. Verhaaret al. compared the effects of corticosteroid injections with Cyriax physiotherapy in treating patients with tennis elbow.The results showed that the corticosteroid injection was significantly more effective on the outcome measures (pain,function, grip strength, and global assessment) than Cyriax physiotherapy at the end of the treatment, but at the followup, one year after the end of treatment, there were no significant differences between the two treatment groups [37].Stasinopoulus et al. compared the effectiveness of supervised
exercise, Cyriax physiotherapy, and treatment with polychromatic noncoherent light in managing tennis elbow.They concluded that supervised exercise consisting of static
stretching and eccentric strengthening produced the largest effect in reducing pain and improving function [36].The early return of functional status is very useful for
a sports person, as it will facilitate his/her return to sports in less duration. This improvement in functional status will