The effect of a forearm/hand splint compared with an elbow band as a treatment for lateral epicondylitis

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Van De Streek, M D ^a   Van Der Schans, C P ^b   De Greef, M H G ^a   Postema, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b University for Professional Education   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINTING; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 4444346666     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640408726703     Document Type: Article

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