Pathogenesis and electrodiagnosis of cubital tunnel syndrome

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1313-1316

  Jia, Zhi Rong ^a   Shi, Xin ^a   Sun, Xiang Ru ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel syndrome; Electrophysiology; Neural conduction; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CYST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIGAMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SYMPTOM; TENDON; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4844230776     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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