Cubital tunnel syndrome in adolescent baseball players: A report of six cases with 3- to 5-year follow-up

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 758.e1-758.e6

  Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kanaya, Kohei ^b   Aiki, Hikono ^b   Wada, Takuro ^b   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^b   Ogiwara, Naoshi ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kitami Kobayashi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Baseball; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Medial elbow pain; Thrower

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BASEBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETITION; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; LIGAMENT LESION; MALE; NERVE LESION; NERVE SURGERY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 20344396083     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.03.030     Document Type: Article

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