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Editorial
. 2022 Dec 22;12(1):94.
doi: 10.3390/jcm12010094.

Isometric Exercise for the Management of Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy

Dimitrios Stasinopoulos  1
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Isometric Exercise for the Management of Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy

Dimitrios Stasinopoulos. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

The most common tendinopathy in the elbow area and one of the two most common tendinopathies in the upper limb is Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy (LET) [...].

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