Tennis elbow no more: Practical eccentric and concentric exercises to heal the pain

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1115-1116

  Finestone, Hillel M ^a,b   Rabinovitch, Deborah L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Élisabeth Bruyére Health Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXERCISE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FIBROSIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEALING; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MUSCLE TRAINING; PAIN; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SHORT SURVEY; STEROID THERAPY; TENNIS ELBOW;

EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49649124912     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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