Overuse and Traumatic Injuries of the Elbow

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 617-638

  Hayter, Catherine L ^a   Giuffre, Bruno M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elbow anatomy; Elbow joint; Injuries; Ligaments; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ATHLETE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW INJURY; ENTHESOPATHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; RADIAL NERVE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY; TENNIS ELBOW; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELBOW JOINT; FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 70350389381     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2009.06.004     Document Type: Review

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