Ulnar nerve injury in the throwing athlete

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-46

  Lyle Cain Jr , E ^a   Dugas, Jeffrey R ^a   Andrews, James R ^a  

^a AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurolysis; Throwing athlete; Transposition; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELBOW; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULNAR NERVE; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0037812827     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-200311010-00006     Document Type: Article

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