Elbow anatomy and structural biomechanics

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 503-517

  Alcid, Jess G ^a   Ahmad, Christopher S ^b   Lee, Thay Q ^c,d  

^a Ocean Orthopedic Associates   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELBOW; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; RADIOULNAR JOINT; REVIEW; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 16544382889     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2004.06.008     Document Type: Review

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