Distance measure error induced by displacement of the ulnar nerve when the elbow is flexed

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 809-812

  Kim, Byung Jo ^a,b   Date, Elaine S ^a,c   Lee, Sang Heon ^a   Yoon, Joon Shik ^b,e   Hur, Soo Yeun ^d   Kim, Sei Ju ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; Electrodiagnosis; Nerve conduction; Ulnar nerve; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISLOCATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN; SUBLUXATION; ULNAR NERVE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 16844383388     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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