Ultrasonographic measurements in cubital tunnel syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 853-855

  Joon, Shik Yoon ^a   Kim, Byung Jo ^a   Sei, Joo Kim ^a   Kim, Jae Min ^b   Kyu, Hun Sim ^a   Suk, Joo Hong ^a   Walker, Francis O ^c   Cartwright, Michael S ^c  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel; Elbow; Ulnar neuropathy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 37049003976     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20864     Document Type: Article

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