Ultrasonographic Findings of the Normal Ulnar Nerve in Adults

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-396

  Cartwright, Michael S ^a   Shin, Hae W ^a   Passmore, Leah V ^a   Walker, Francis O ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Nerve entrapments; Rehabilitation; Ulnar nerve; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33847161965     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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