Examination of and intervention for a patient with chronic lateral elbow pain with signs of nerve entrapment

Physical Therapy

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1077-1086

  Ekstrom, Richard A ^a   Holden, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral elbow pain; Nerve entrapment; Neural tension testing; Radial tunnel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LIMB PAIN; MOBILIZATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RADIAL NERVE; STRETCHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 0036847306     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/82.11.1077     Document Type: Article

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