Evidence-Based Soft Tissue Rheumatology: Epicondylitis and Hand Stenosing, Tendinopathy

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Alvarez Nemegyei, Jose ^a,d   Canoso, Juan J ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^b AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

De Quervain tenosynovitis; Epicondylitis; Hand tenosynovitis; Stenosing tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPICONDYLITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GOLFER ARM; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; META ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; REVIEW; SNAPPING FINGER; SPLINT; TENNIS ELBOW; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 1042302767     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000111312.98454.f8     Document Type: Review

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