Table 4. Treatments, referrals and tests ordered for tennis elbow (TE) problems (April 2000 –March 2015).

Category	Subgroup^	Number in each category or subgroup	Per 100 TE problems (95% CI)
Total GP clinical treatments^^		906	28.5 (26.6–30.3)
Total GP procedural treatments		1154	36.3 (34.1–38.4)
	Physical medicine/rehabilitation*	513	16.1 (14.6–17.6)
	Local injection/infiltration*	281	8.8 (7.7–9.9)
	Other therapeutic procedures/surgery NEC*	167	5.2 (4.1–6.4)
	Dressing/pressure/compression/tamponade*	116	3.6 (3.0–4.3)
	Repair/fixation-suture/cast/prosthetic device (apply/remove)*	70	2.2 (1.7–2.7)
	Other	7	—
Total referrals to other health care providers^^^		432	13.6 (12.3–14.8)
	Physiotherapy	295	9.3 (8.3–10.3)
	Orthopaedic surgeon	48	1.5 (1.1–1.9)
	Rheumatologist	18	0.6 (0.3–0.8)
	Physician	11	0.3 (0.1–0.5)
	Sports medicine practice	9	0.3 (0.1–0.5)
	Occupational therapy	8	0.3 (0.1–0.4)
	Other	43	—
Total pathology		97	3.0 (1.9–4.2)
	Full blood count	20	0.6 (0.4–0.9)
	C reactive protein	13	0.4 (0.2–0.6)
	Lipids	9	0.3 (0.1–0.5)
	ESR	8	0.3 (0.1–0.4)
	Other	47	—
Total imaging		338	10.6 (9.3–11.9)
	Ultrasound;elbow	183	5.8 (4.9–6.6)
	X-ray;elbow	123	3.9 (3.2–4.6)
	Other	32	—

^ Only specifies those subgroups where the rate was at least 0.3 per 100 TE problems.

^^ Clinical treatments are primarily advice, education and counselling.

^^^ Of 3182 TE problems, 416 (13.1%) were each associated with 1 referral, and 8 (0.25%) with 2 referrals.

* indicates a grouping of multiple ICPC rubrics [11].

NEC: not elsewhere classified.

GP: general practitioner

ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate