Side-to-side confrontational strength-testing for weakness of the intrinsic muscles of the hand

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-405

  Buschbacher, Ralph ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0030949455     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199703000-00013     Document Type: Article

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