title: [Clinical observation on external humeral epicondylitis treated with back-rotation traction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical effect of manipulation on external humeral epicondylitis, and to explore the functional mechanism and ideal treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-six patients who had been treated with acupuncture, obturation and needle-knife were divided into routine group and treatment group randomly. In routine group, there were 42 cases (male 13, female 29, means 40.8 years); and in treatment group there were 44 cases (male 16, female 28, means 41.2 years). There's no further treatment for the routine group after the therapy above, while the treatment group was added with back-rotation traction manipulation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Taking Verhaar therapy effect appraisal system of tennis-ball elbow to evaluate elbow function. After 7 days of therapy, the results were excellent in 13 cases, good in 16, fair in 4, poor in 9 in the routine group; and excellent in 38, good in 4 and fair in 2 in treatment group; and the effect in the treatment group were better than that of the routine group (P < 0.010). Half a year later, in the routine group 38 cases recurrenced and in the treatment group 10 cases recurrenced.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Making manipulation after routine acupuncture, local obturation and needle-knife has active meaning to remove trauma inflammation, prevent re-conglutination, promote recovery and prevent recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Huzhou City TCM Hospital, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang, China. ruiyang368@163.com
authors.forename: Rui-yang
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ya-ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhong-zhong
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Bao-hu
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: En-ping
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations; D013716:Tennis Elbow / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult