The importance of the pronated grip x-ray view in evaluating ulnar variance

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 352-357

  Tomaino, Matthew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pronated grip x ray; Ulnar variance

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; ULNA; WRIST; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034021325     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2000.jhsu25a0352     Document Type: Article

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