Elbow flexor and extensor muscle weakness in lateral epicondylalgia

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 449-453

  Coombes, Brooke K ^a   Bisset, Leanne ^b,c   Vicenzino, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GOLD COAST HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; TENNIS ELBOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPORTS; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 84860202435     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2011.083949     Document Type: Article

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