Measuring clinically important change with the Patient-rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation

Hand Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Poltawski, Leon ^a   Watson, Tim ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical significance; outcome measure; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993709451     PISSN: 17589983     EISSN: 17589991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ht.2011.011013     Document Type: Article

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