Treatment practice in chronic epicondylitis: A survey among general practitioners and physiotherapists in Uppsala County, Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-241

  Peterson, Magnus ^a   Elmfeldt, Dag ^a,b   Svärdsudd, Kurt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic; Epicondylitis; Survey; Tennis elbow; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC EPICONDYLITIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EPICONDYLITIS; ERGONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRETCHING; SWEDEN; TENNIS ELBOW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWEDEN; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 33644802965     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430510031333     Document Type: Article

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