Stretching exercises for costochondritis pain

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-171

  Rovetta, G ^a,d   Sessarego, P ^b   Monteforte, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ASL 3 Genovese   (Italy)

^d Via di Mezzo ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Costochondritis; Stretching exercises

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THORAX PAIN; TIETZE SYNDROME;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIETZE'S SYNDROME;

EID: 70350498700     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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