Mobilisation with movement and exercise, corticosteroid injection, or wait and see for tennis elbow: Randomised trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7575, 2006, Pages 939-941

  Bisset, Leanne ^a   Beller, Elaine ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Brooks, Peter ^a   Darnell, Ross ^a   Vicenzino, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM EXERCISE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750912080     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38961.584653.AE     Document Type: Article

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