Lateral and medial epicondylitis: Role of occupational factors

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-57

  Shiri, Rahman ^a   Viikari Juntura, Eira ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

cumulative trauma disorders; incidence; posture; prevalence; prognosis; risk factors; tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPICONDYLITIS; ERGONOMICS; FOREST WORKER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOSIS; ORTHOTICS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENNIS ELBOW; WORK DISABILITY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79958256464     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2011.01.013     Document Type: Review

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