Nerve conduction studies of upper extremities in tennis players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 632-635

  Colak T ^a   Bamaç, Belgin ^a   Ozbek A ^a   Budak, F ^a   Bemac Y S ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM; ARM DOMINANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; RADIAL NERVE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENNIS; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENNIS;

EID: 4844231448     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.008029     Document Type: Article

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