The Impact of Ulnar Nerve Compression at the Elbow on the Hand Function of Heavy Manual Workers

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-123

  Amirjani, Nasim ^a   Thompson, Shelley ^a   Satkunam, Lalith ^a   Lobay, Gary L W ^b   Chan, K Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Hand function; Human; Occupation; Ulnar neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW; HAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELBOW DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTION TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; MANUAL LABOR; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION;

ADULT; ELBOW; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 0038262643     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888439003017002006     Document Type: Article

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