Society guideline links: Muscle and tendon injuries of the upper extremity (excluding shoulder)

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: General issues in muscle and tendon injury diagnosis and management" and "Society guideline links: Shoulder soft tissue injuries (including rotator cuff)".)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria

•Chronic elbow pain (2022)

•Acute hand and wrist trauma (2018)

•Chronic wrist pain (2017)

●American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability and health on lateral elbow pain and muscle function impairments (2022)

●American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM): Practice guidelines on elbow disorders (2013)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on extracorporeal shockwave therapy for refractory tennis elbow (2009)

●Royal College of Physicians (RCP): A national guideline on upper limb disorders – Occupational aspects of management (2009)

Australia–New Zealand

●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): HANDI physiotherapy – Lateral epicondylitis (2016)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA): Clinical practice guidelines on the management of lateral epicondylitis of the humerus – Secondary publication (2022)

●[In Japanese] Japanese guideline for management of lateral epicondylitis (2011)