Can a normal range of elbow movement predict a normal elbow x ray?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-88

  Lennon, Robert I ^a,b   Riyat, Manjeet S ^a   Hilliam, Rachel ^a   Anathkrishnan, G ^a   Alderson, G ^a  

^a DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW INJURY; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33846799357     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.039792     Document Type: Article

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