The predictive value of diagnostic sonography for the effectiveness of conservative treatment of tennis elbow

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1113-1118

  Struijs, P A A ^a   Spruyt, M ^b   Assendelft, W J J ^a   Van Dijk, C N ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b School for Medical Imaging and Radiodiagnostic Studies   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; BURSITIS; CALCIFICATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON DISEASE; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644835997     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.0656     Document Type: Article

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