Extensor origin vascularity related to pain in patients with Tennis elbow

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 659-663

  Zeisig, Eva ^a   Öhberg, Lars ^a   Alfredson, Håkan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler; ECRB tendinosis; Grey scale ultrasonography; Tennis elbow; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; TENNIS ELBOW; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TENDONS; TENNIS ELBOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33745697911     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0060-7     Document Type: Article

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