Lateral tennis elbow: "Is there any science out there?"

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 481-491

  Boyer, Martin I ^b   Hastings II, Hill ^a  

^a Indiana Hand Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIATION; REVIEW; TENNIS ELBOW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 0033191861     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-2746(99)90081-2     Document Type: Review

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