Natural History and Conservative Management of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Hand Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-318

  Szabo, Robert M ^a   Kwak, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

APONEUROSIS; CADAVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SPLINTING; SUBLUXATION; ULNAR NERVE;

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPLINTS;

EID: 34548279419     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2007.05.002     Document Type: Review

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