Longitudinal sliding of the median nerve in patients with non-specific arm pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 536-543

  Dilley, Andrew ^a   Odeyinde, Samuel ^a   Greening, Jane ^a   Lynn, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Median nerve; Non specific arm pain; Repetitive strain injury; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LIMB MOVEMENT; LONGITUDINAL MEDIAN NERVE SLIDING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NONSPECIFIC ARM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WRIST;

EID: 54049108189     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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