Physical therapy, corticosteroid injection, and extracorporeal shock wave treatment in lateral epicondylitis: Clinical and ultrasonographical comparison

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 807-812

  Gündüz, Rukiye ^a   Malas, Fevziye Ünsal ^b   Borman, Pinar ^a   Kocaoǧlu, Seher ^a   Özçakar, Levent ^a,b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injection; Extracorporeal shock wave treatment; Lateral epicondylitis; Physical therapy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863718832     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-012-1939-y     Document Type: Article

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