Elbow valgus instability in the throwing athlete

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 693-700

  Ahmad, Christopher S ^a,d   ElAttrache, Neal S ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b KERLAN JOBE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEBALL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; ULNA;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ULNA;

EID: 33947627622     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200611000-00014     Document Type: Review

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