Treatment of medial and lateral epicondylitis - Tennis and Golfer's elbow with low level laser therapy: A multicenter double blind, placebo- controlled clinical study on 324 patients

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-151

  Simunovic, Zlatko ^a   Trobonjaca, Tatjana ^b,d   Trobonjaca, Zlatko ^c  

^a Laser Center   (Switzerland)

^b Laser Center   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d Grand Hotel Belvedere   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDIAL EPICONDYLITIS;

LASER SURGERY;

PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DIODE LASER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032102548     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1998.16.145     Document Type: Article

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