Are standardized patient self-reporting instruments applicable to the evaluation of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow?

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 463-468

  Zimmerman, Neal B ^a   Kaye, Marc B ^a   Wilgis, E F Shaw ^a   Zimmerman, Ryan M ^a   Dubin, Norman H ^a  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cubital tunnel syndrome; DASH; Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand; elbow; Levine Katz; nerve compression; self reported testing; ulnar neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; ULNA NEUROPATHY AT THE ELBOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64949112233     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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