Leanne Bisset

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1 INTRODUCTION The experience of pain, induced by interventions such as thermal stress, exerts a substantial modulatory effect on motor cortex circuitry (Ansari & Tremblay, 2019; Chang et al., 2018; Sato et al., 2013).

1 INTRODUCTION Lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) is a musculoskeletal condition affecting approximately 20% of factory workers (Kurppa et al., 1991) and up to 40% of tennis players (Gruchow & Pelletier, 1979). LET causes lateral elbow pain during gripping (Taylor & Hannafin, 2012) limiting participation in recreational and occupational activities (Hopkins et al., 2016; Lee & Lee, 2016); necessitating accurate and timely assessment and diagnosis.