Lateral and medial epicondylitis in the overhead athlete

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 46-54

  Dlabach, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Baker, Champ L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b HUGHSTON CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Elbow; Injury; Lateral epicondylitis; Medial epicondylitis; Thrower

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037735603     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-6666(01)80034-3     Document Type: Article

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