Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: Predictive value of clinical and electrophysiological measurements for surgical outcome

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 349-356

  Mondelli, Mauro ^a   Giannini, F ^b   Morana, P ^a   Rossi, S ^b  

^a ASL 7   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elbow; Nerve conduction; Surgical decompression; Therapy; Ulnar neuropathy; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGER; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL VALUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 4544264889     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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