Sonography of the lateral ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow: Study of cadavers and healthy volunteers

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1615-1619

  Stewart, Brian ^a   Harish, Srinivasan ^a,b   Oomen, Glen ^a   Wainman, Bruce ^a   Popowich, Terry ^b   Moro, Jaydeep K ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elbow; Instability; Lateral ulnar collateral ligament; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGAMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNA;

ADULT; CADAVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSDUCERS; ULNA;

EID: 73449100005     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2812     Document Type: Article

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