Sport injuries of the elbow

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 301-311

  Frostick, Simon P ^a   Mohammad, Mohammad ^a   Ritchie, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELBOW INJURY; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TENNIS ELBOW; ULNAR NERVE; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0032821979     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.33.5.301     Document Type: Review

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