Use of Doppler in the diagnosis of hypothenar hammer syndrome

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Cooke, Roger ^a   Lawson, Ian ^b  

^a Medical Department   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allen's test; Doppler; Hand arm vibration syndrome; Hypothenar hammer syndrome; Raynaud's phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SENSATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FINGER; HAMATE BONE; HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HAND DISEASE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PALLOR; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULNAR ARTERY; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAMATE BONE; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SYNDROME; ULNAR ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 65549171696     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp040     Document Type: Article

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