Prevalence of medial and lateral epicondylitis in garage workers

Aim: To assess and find out prevalence of medial and lateral epicondylitis in garage workers.
Background: The work of garage worker is to repair cars and automobile vehicles, which requires working for long duration in awkward posture that can cause biomechanical stresses on various parts of the body. There are plenty of studies done to assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in hand and wrist of the garage workers but there are no studies done to assess the prevalence of epicondylitis in them
Methodology: Primary data collection was done using simple random sampling. 100 garage workers were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Assessment was done by taking the history of the working years and duration of working hours, and using the Mill’s test for lateral epicondylitis and golfer’s elbow test for medial epicondylitis.
Results: The tests were positive in 60% of the population and the most affected area was the extensor group of muscle of forearm.
Conclusion: This study concludes that the garage workers have a significant prevalence of epicondylitis as assessed by the two tests (Mill’s /Golfer’s elbow test). Lateral epicondyle was the most affected as compared to that of the medial epicondyle.