Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 508-512 , June 2010

A prospective randomized study comparing a forearm strap brace versus a wrist splint for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis

  • Rishi Garg, MD

      Affiliations

    • West Coast Orthopaedics, Arcadia, CA
    • ,
  • Gregory J. Adamson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Congress Medical Associates, Pasadena, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gregory J. Adamson, MD, Congress Medical Associates, 800 S Raymond Ave., 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91105.
    • ,
  • Patrick A. Dawson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Congress Medical Associates, Pasadena, CA
    • ,
  • James A. Shankwiler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Congress Medical Associates, Pasadena, CA
    • ,
  • Marilyn M. Pink, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Congress Medical Associates, Pasadena, CA

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 The authors received IRB approval #HMH04-37 at our institution Huntington Memorial Hospital.

PII: S1058-2746(09)00569-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.12.015

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 508-512 , June 2010

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