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In a study carried out at Hanover Medical School, 45 patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis were each given two acupuncture treatments, real or sham, every week for 5 weeks. 2 weeks after the end of treatment the group who received real acupuncture demonstrated significantly more improvement in strength, pain intensity and arm function than the sham group, although the improvement was limited ...

A systematic review of published studies on the effect of acupuncture on lateral elbow (tennis elbow) pain has concluded that "there is strong evidence suggesting that acupuncture is effective in short-term pain relief for patients with lateral epicondyle pain". The studies reviewed were all randomised or quasi-randomised and acupuncture was the only intervention used in the treatment gr ...