The relationship between the pressure adjacent to the ulnar nerve and the disease causing cubital tunnel syndrome

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-588

  Iba, Kousuke ^a   Wada, Takuro ^a   Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^b   Oda, Takashi ^a   Ozasa, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^a  

^a Division of Physical Therapy   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULNAR NERVE; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESSURE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 46049083394     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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