Effectiveness of initial extracorporeal shock wave therapy on the newly diagnosed lateral or medial epicondylitis

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 681-687

  Lee, Sang Seok ^a   Kang, Sangkuk ^a   Park, Noh Kyoung ^a   Lee, Chan Woo ^a   Song, Ho Sup ^a   Sohn, Min Kyun ^b   Cho, Kang Hee ^b   Kim, Jung Hwan ^c  

^a Daejeon Sun Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT); Lateral epicondylitis; Local steroid injection; Medial epicondylitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872534208     PISSN: 22340645     EISSN: 22340653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5535/arm.2012.36.5.681     Document Type: Article

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