Postero-medial elbow problems in the adult athlete

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 430-434

  Eygendaal, Denise ^a   Safran, M R ^b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW INJURY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIMB DISEASE; NEURITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLECRANON FRACTURE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; TENNIS ELBOW; ULNA;

EID: 33646371960     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.025437     Document Type: Review

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