Epicondylar injury in sport: Epidemiology, type, mechanisms, assessment, management and prevention

Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-170

  Hume, Patria A ^a   Reid, Duncan ^a   Edwards, Tony ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE 21 PALMITATE; DEXAMETHASONE ACETATE; DICLOFENAC HYDROXYETHYLPYRROLIDINE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; MICROSPHERE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR BICEPS INJURY; ARM INJURY; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPICONDYLAR INJURY; EPICONDYLITIS; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FLEXOR TENDON; GALVANIC CURRENT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT INJURY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MASSAGE; MEDIAL EPICONDYLAR INJURY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POSTERIOR TRICEPS INJURY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRENGTH; STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TENNIS ELBOW; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 32644435472     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200636020-00005     Document Type: Review

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