Management of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Narrative Literature Review

Table 1

Pathologic stages of lateral epicondylitis.

Stage	Degenerative changes of tendinosis
I	Peritendinous inflammation with no pathological alterations
II	Involving pathological alterations such as tendinosis or angiofibroblastic degeneration
III	Involving pathological changes and complete structural failure
IV	Involving fibrosis, soft matrix calcification, and hard osseous calcification, in addition to the features of stage II or III