Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the management of tennis elbow: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial: The TATE trial (ISRCTN 87141084)

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chesterton, Linda S ^a   Van Der Windt, Danille A ^a   Sim, Julius ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^a   Mallen, Christian D ^a   Mason, Elizabeth E ^a   Warlow, Catherine ^a   Vohora, Kanchan ^a   Hay, Elaine M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE; TENNIS ELBOW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; TENNIS ELBOW; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149129223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-156     Document Type: Article

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