DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i01.0085

Pages: 404-406

Tennis elbow is the most common soft tissue disorder seen in the rural population who are having farming. One of the reasons is being, use of upper limb for cutting the crops. Here is a study conducted by us in the rural population in and around Hoskote to study the probable aetiology and effect of intralesional steroid. 30 cases of tennis elbow were managed with intralesional steroid between March 2009 and October 2013. And followed at 6, 12 weeks and results were evaluated using Verhaar criteria. We achieved results as 70% excellent, 30% good. We conclude that Tennis elbow is the most common soft tissue disorder seen in the people who will do farming by cutting crops. Intralesional steroid relieves the symptom.