Effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of previously untreated lateral epicondylitis: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1660-1667

  Chung, Bryan ^a   Wiley, J Preston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT); Lateral epicondylitis; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ENERGY; EPICONDYLITIS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344258986     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503262806     Document Type: Article

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