Optimal screening distance for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 570-574

  Landau, Mark E ^a   Barner, Kristen C ^a   Campbell, William W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Entrapment neuropathy; Neural conduction; Neurophysiology; Ulnar neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELBOW; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ELBOW; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0037408214     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10352     Document Type: Article

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