Patient Education for the Treatment of Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1839-1845

  Nakamichi, Kenichi ^a   Tachibana, Shintaro ^a   Ida, Masayoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Seizo ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel syndrome; Patient education; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 70449418030     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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