Strain on the ulnar nerve at the elbow and wrist during throwing motion

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2508-2514

  Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Takasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Muraki, Takayuki ^a   Uchiyama, Eiichi ^a   Murakami, Gen ^a   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 27544440176     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02989     Document Type: Article

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