Medial superior cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy in teenagers: A report of two cases

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 229-231

  Aly, Tarek A ^b   Tanaka, Yahuhisa ^a   Aizawa, Toshimi ^a   Ozawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kokubun, Shoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Medial superior cluneal nerve; Provocation test; Teenager

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE COMPRESSION; ONSET AGE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROVOCATION TEST; SPORT; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ILIUM; INJECTIONS; KNEE JOINT; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; STEROIDS; TENNIS;

EID: 18744411783     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.197.229     Document Type: Article

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