A prospective randomized study comparing a forearm strap brace versus a wrist splint for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 508-512

  Garg, Rishi ^a   Adamson, Gregory J ^b   Dawson, Patrick A ^b   Shankwiler, James A ^b   Pink, Marilyn M ^b  

^a West Coast Orthopaedics   (United States)

^b Foot and Ankle Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINT; TENNIS ELBOW; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; BRACES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLINTS; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 77952104437     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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