Essays on Tennis Elbow

Discuss the therapeutic effects of Ultrasound in the treatment of a tennis elbow soft tissue injury

Introduction The ultrasound is used as a treatment for soft tissue injuries using sound waves that are beyond the range of normal hearing. An ultrasound consists of inaudible high frequency mechanical vibrations (Gibbs, Cole and Sassano, 2009) which are created upon the conversion of electrical energy into acoustic energy through mechanical deformation of the piezoelectric crystal which lies within the transducer (Rheumatology, 2011). Therapeutic ultrasound uses a frequency between 0.75 and 3 MHz (Knight, Knight and Draper, 2013) for heating deeper and superficial tissues. Low frequency ultrasound at 1 Mhz is absorbed by tissues up to 3 to 5 cm ...

Introduction

Therapeutic ultrasound is categorically as any form of ultrasonic procedure where ultrasound is used in advancing therapeutic benefits. Ultrasound is defined as a systematic oscillating pressure wave that has a higher frequency capacity compared to the human hearing frequency range. Its frequency in most cases supersedes the upper limit of the hearing range of human beings .The execution of the procedures is normally under the use of focused ultrasound (FUS) and unfocused ultrasound. Therapeutic ultrasound is used to reduce pain that emanates from body tissues by providing a viable solution to swelling and edema of the tissues. . Secondly, it is used to ...

Introduction

Ultrasound can be defined as the use of high frequency sound waves (having a frequency above the range, which is audible to the normal human ear, i. e. varying between 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz) for changing the chemical properties of a substance (Ter Haar, 1999). Besides medical imaging, nowadays ultrasound has become an important therapy for the management of several orthopaedic clinical conditions (Ter Haar, 1999). Stimulation of the tissues beneath the skin’s surface using high frequency sound waves is likely to result in several therapeutic benefits. Tennis elbow (TE) or lateral humeral epicondylitis can be considered ...