Conservative treatment of lateral epicondylitis: Comparison of two different orthotic devices

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1015-1019

  Altan, L ^a,b   Kanat, E ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Atatük Rehabilitasyon Merkezi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lateral epicondylitis; Orthotic devices

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOTICS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPLINT; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 47349083320     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0862-8     Document Type: Article

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