A randomized controlled trial of exercise versus wait-list in chronic tennis elbow (lateral epicondylosis)

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-279

  Peterson, Magnus ^a   Butler, Stephen ^b   Eriksson, Margaretha ^a   Svrdsudd, Kurt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exercise; Pain; RCT; Tendinitis; Tendinosis; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENNIS ELBOW;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 80855148065     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2011.600476     Document Type: Article

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