Diagnostic Value of Ultrasonography for Clinical Medial Epicondylitis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 738-742

  Park, Gi Young ^a   Lee, Sung Moon ^b   Lee, Michael Y ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow; Rehabilitation; Tendons; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENDONS; TENNIS ELBOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 40949123253     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.048     Document Type: Article

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