BOWDEN TEST
◾Indicates tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis).
◾The patient is requested to squeeze a blood-pressure cuff that has been inflated to about 30 mm Hg (about 4.0 kPa) with his or her hand; alternatively, ask the patient to maintain a pressure specified by the examiner by squeezing the cuff.
◾Occurrence of or increase in pain over the lateral epicondyle and in the extensor tendon origins in the forearm indicates epicondylitis.
