Is a differentiated treatment depending on the degree of severity justified in cubital tunnel syndrome?;Ist eine unterschiedliche behandlung bei verschiedenen schweregraden des sulcus nervi ulnaris-syndroms sinnvoll?

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 172-177

  Moser, V L ^a   Kitzinger, H B ^a   Frey, M ^a   Aszmann, Oskar C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bishop rating scale; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Quantitative sensorimotor testing; Ulnar nerve compression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE COMPRESSION; RATING SCALE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 33745886225     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924179     Document Type: Article

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