Evaluation and treatment of medial ulnar collateral ligament injuries in the throwing athlete

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 221-231

  Nassab, Paul F ^a   Schickendantz, Mark S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow and throwing; Elbow instability; Elbow pain; Elbow ulnar collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW; ELBOW INJURY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MEDIAL ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS;

EID: 33751028055     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsa.0000212323.38807.fa     Document Type: Review

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