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October 29, 2019
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Lateral epicondylitis of the elbow

Publicated to:EFORT Open Rev. 1 (11): 391-397 - 2016-11-01 1(11), DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.1.000049

Authors: Vaquero-Picado A; Barco R; Antuña S

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Hospital Universitario La Paz - Author

Abstract

© 2016 The author(s). ▪ Lateral epicondylitis, also known as 'tennis elbow', is a very common condition affecting mainly middle-aged patients. ▪ The pathogenesis remains unknown but there appears to be a combination of local tendon pathology, alteration in pain perception and motor impairment. ▪ The diagnosis is usually clinical but some patients may benefit from additional imaging for a specific differential diagnosis. ▪ The disease has a self-limiting course of between 12 and 18 months, but in some patients, symptoms can be persistent and refractory to treatment. ▪ Most patients are well-managed with non-operative treatment and activity modification. Many surgical techniques have been proposed for patients with refractory symptoms. ▪ New non-operative treatment alternatives with promising results have been developed in recent years.

Keywords

conservative managementlateral elbow painlateral epicondylitisoperative managementConservative managementLateral elbow painLateral epicondylitisOperative managementTennis elbow

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal EFORT Open Rev, Q4 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 18.57, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 30.21 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-04, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 83
  • Scopus: 104
  • Europe PMC: 49

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 681.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 683 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 10.8.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 11 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (ANTUÑA ANTUÑA, SAMUEL).