The utility of segmental nerve conduction studies in ulnar mononeuropathy at the elbow

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-50

  Azrieli, Yevgeny ^a   Weimer, Louis ^b   Lovelace, Robert ^b   Gooch, Clifton ^b  

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

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Elbow; Inching; Segmental conduction; Sensitivity; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELBOW; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONEUROPATHIES; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0037233693     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10293     Document Type: Article

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