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0–2 Weeks
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Bulky compressive dressing is removed and patient is splinted in a long-arm splint with wrist in 20° extension, forearm neutral, and elbow at 90°.
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Patient removed the splint six times a day for elbow flexion and extension exercises.
3 Weeks
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Start wrist flexion/extension and supination/pronation.
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Interval splint.
4 Weeks
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Patient to begin gentle strengthening with putty.
5 Weeks
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D/C elbow splint.
6 Weeks
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D/C wrist splint.
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Forearm strengthening.
Discharge Criteria
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Independent in self-care activities beginning light lifting with minimal pain.
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Duncan, S.F.M., Flowers, C.W. (2015). Lateral Epicondyleplasty. In: Therapy of the Hand and Upper Extremity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14412-2_29
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