Repetitive shock wave therapy for lateral elbow tendinopathy (tennis elbow): A systematic and qualitative analysis

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 355-378

  Rompe, Jan D ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b  

^a orthoTrauma Evaluations Centrum   (Germany)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lateral elbow tendinopathy; Qualitative analysis; Shock wave treatment; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EPICONDYLITIS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENNIS ELBOW; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 35448950511     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldm019     Document Type: Article

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