Effects of eccentric training on hand strength in subjects with lateral epicondylalgia: A randomized-controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 797-803

  Soderberg J ^a   Grooten, W J ^a   Ang B O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eccentric exercise; Physiotherapy; RCT; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855196151     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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