What treatment works best for tennis elbow?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-161

  Beard, J Mark ^a   Safranek, Sarah M ^b   Spogen, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYDAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; NOTE; ORTHOTICS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SHOCK WAVE; SKIN IRRITATION; TENNIS ELBOW; ULTRASOUND; ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 61849086897     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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