Abstract

The forensic evaluation implies establishing the causality between the story and the clinical and radiologic findings, this implies having a broad knowledge of biomechanics that allows an objective interrelation of a trauma mechanism. This article consists in a bibliographical revision about the etiopathogenesis of the epicondylitis and the interpretation of this patology in relation to medico legal analysis.

Key words: Biomechanics; epicondylitis; tennis elbow; angiofibroblastic degeneration