Tennis elbow in primary care

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7575, 2006, Pages 927-928

  Smidt, Nynke ^a   Van Der Windt, Danielle A W M ^b  

^a MRC Health Services Research Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARM MOVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ERGONOMICS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PAIN; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 33750906974     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39017.396389.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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