Effects of Eccentric Training for Patients With Lateral Epicondylalgia

Inclusion Criteria: * Positive diagnostic criteria according to Haker (1991): A history of pain around the lateral epicondyle for at least one month. * Pain at palpation of the lateral epicondyle of humerus and positive results in two of the following three pain provocation tests: Middle finger test, resisted extension of the wrist, and Vigorimeter test. Each of these tests is described in detail by Haker (1991) Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis * Fibromyalgia * Previous surgery in the elbow region * Neck dysfunction suggesting possible cervical rhizopathy * Entrapment of n.radialis * Patients with ongoing treatment, or previous treatment less than three months before enrolled to the study.