Physiotherapy or a wait-and-see policy was the best option for lateral epicondylitis at 1 year

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Hans J Kreder. ACP J Club. 2002 Sep-Oct.

. 2002 Sep-Oct;137(2):65.

¹ University of Toronto, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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