Tendinitis and Tendinosis of the Elbow, Wrist, and Hands

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-322

  Wainstein, Jeffrey L ^a   Nailor, Tracy E ^a  

^a Concentra Medical Centers ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BODY POSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELBOW DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FORCE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE; TENSION; THERAPY EFFECT; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 33645933924     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coem.2006.01.001     Document Type: Review

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