The extensor pollicis brevis entrapment test in the treatment of de Quervain's disease

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 813-816

  Alexander, Randall D ^a   Catalano, Louis W ^a   Barron, O A ^a   Glickel, Steven Z ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

De Quervain's disease; Extensor pollicis brevis; First dorsal compartment

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; EXTENSOR POLLICIS BREVIS ENTRAPMENT TEST; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDON DISEASE; THUMB; TREATMENT FAILURE; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0036739867     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.35309     Document Type: Article

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