Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Functional and Strength Recovery of Handgrip in Patients Affected by Epicondylitis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2830-2840

  Notarnicola, Angela ^a   Quagliarella, Livio ^a   Sasanelli, Nicola ^a   Maccagnano, Giuseppe ^a   Fracella, Maria Rosaria ^a   Forcignanò, Maria Immacolata ^a   Moretti, Biagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epicondylitis; Extracorporeal shock waves therapy; Grip strength; Hypertonic muscles

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

EPICONDYLITIS; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVES THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY; GRIP STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE INDICES; RECOVERY OF STRENGTH; STRENGTH RECOVERY; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

SHOCK WAVES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DYNAMOMETRY; EPICONDYLITIS; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MAYO ELBOW PERFORMANCE INDEX; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; HAND STRENGTH; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION; TENNIS ELBOW; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920263568     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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