Chronic lateral epicondylitis: Comparative effectiveness of a home exercise program including stretching alone versus stretching supplemented with eccentric or concentric strengthening

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-420

  Martinez Silvestrini, Julio A ^a   Newcomer, Karen L ^b   Gay, Ralph E ^b   Schaefer, Michael P ^b   Kortebein, Patrick ^c   Arendt, Katherine W ^b  

^a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiology Research   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENNIS ELBOW; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644501319     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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