Effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in lateral epicondylitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-74

  Uzunca, Kaan ^a,b   Birtane, Murat ^a   Taştekin, Nurettin ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields therapy; Epicondylitis

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PARACETAMOL; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 33845906359     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0247-9     Document Type: Article

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