Dynamic sonography with valgus stress to assess elbow ulnar collateral ligament injury in baseball pitchers

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 671-676

  De Smet, Arthur A ^a,b   Winter, Thomas C ^a   Best, Thomas M ^a   Bernhardt, David T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow joint; Ligament injury; Sonography; Ulnar collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; STRESS; ULNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEBALL; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036934903     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0558-0     Document Type: Article

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