Patient expectations assessed before randomisation and after the first treatment session, and their associations with pain outcome at 3 months in patients with tennis elbow: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled feasibility trial in Norwegian secondary care.

This secondary analysis of a Norwegian randomized controlled feasibility trial examined how patient expectations—measured both before randomization and after the first treatment session—related to pain outcomes at three months in patients with tennis elbow (lateral epicondylalgia). The findings explore whether pre-treatment and early post-treatment expectation levels serve as predictors of pain recovery in a secondary care setting. Understanding the role of patient expectations may help clinicians in physical therapy better identify prognostic factors and tailor patient communication strategies.

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