Efficacy of low-energy extracorporeal shockwave therapy and a supervised clinical exercise protocol for the treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis: A randomised controlled study

Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Sarkar, Bibhuti ^a   Das, Pooja Ghosh ^a   Equebal, Ameed ^a   Mitra, Puspal Kumar ^a   Kumar, Ratnesh ^a   Anwer, Shahnawaz ^a  

^a National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH)   (India)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy; Lateral epicondylitis; Supervised exercise protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISABILITY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TENNIS ELBOW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84878665588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10137025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hkpj.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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