Conservative treatments for tennis elbow - Do subgroups of patients respond differently?

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1601-1605

  Bisset, L ^a,b   Smidt, N ^c,d   Van der Windt, D A ^e,f   Bouter, L M ^e   Jull, G ^a   Brooks, P ^a   Vicenzino, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injections; Physiotherapy; Randomized controlled trials; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 34848837370     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem192     Document Type: Article

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