[Recent update on tennis elbow pathomechanics].

There is still some disagreement about which anatomical structures are involved in tennis elbow pain, as well as its pathomechanics. In many papers attempting to explain the tennis elbow pathomechanics, most often the authors would point out to degenerative changes (of various background), which could be inflammatory in nature only initially. It is believed that the chronic patients are the most problematic cases, the origin of their ailment probably caused by many factors.