Efficacy of Diclofenac in Lateral Epicondylitis of the Elbow Also Treated with Immobilization

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-262

  Labelle, Hubert ^a   Guibert, Remi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031132495     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.3.257     Document Type: Article

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