Laser therapy: A randomized, controlled trial of the effects of low intensity Nd:YAG laser irradiation on lateral epicondylitis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1504-1510

  Basford, Jeffrey R ^a   Sheffield, Charles G ^a   Cieslak, Kathryn R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epicondylitis; Lasers; Lateral humeral; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELBOW DISEASE; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IRRADIATION; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; ORTHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033760012     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.17812     Document Type: Article

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