Hypoalgesic and sympathoexcitatory effects of mobilization with movement for lateral epicondylalgia

Physical Therapy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 374-383

  Paungmali, Aatit ^a   O'Leary, Shaun ^a   Souvlis, Tina ^a   Vicenzino, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lateral epicondylalgia; Manual therapy; Mechanism; Pain; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW DISEASE; EPICONDYLITIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

EID: 0037380736     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/83.4.374     Document Type: Article

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