Saphenous nerve injury following medial knee joint injection: A case report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2062-2065

  Iizuka, Masayuki ^a,b   Yao, Ruijin ^a   Wainapel, Stanley ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Chiba Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case report; Injections; Neuralgia; Rehabilitation; Saphenous vein

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJECTION SITE; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEEDLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHY; OBESITY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LEG; NEURALGIA; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 26444530622     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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