Rehabilitation of the Elbow Following Sports Injury

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-60

  Ellenbecker, Todd S ^a   Pieczynski, Tad E ^a   Davies, George J ^b  

^a Physiotherapy Associates   (United States)

^b Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow injury; Rehabilitation program; Tendonitis; Tendonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ATHLETE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ELBOW INJURY; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT STABILITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROVOCATION TEST; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM; TENDINITIS; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REHABILITATION; TENDINOPATHY; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 70450235285     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2009.09.013     Document Type: Review

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