The Validity of Ultrasonographic Assessment in Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: The Value of a Cubital-to-Humeral Nerve Area Ratio (CHR) Combined with Morphologic Features

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 376-382

  Gruber, Hannes ^a   Glodny, Bernhard ^a   Peer, Siegfried ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cubital tunnel syndrome; Cubital to humeral nerve area ratio; High resolution ultrasound; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

AREA RATIOS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND; SONOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS; TUNNEL SYNDROMES; ULNAR NERVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WIND TUNNELS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASKING; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULNAR NERVE;

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 76749153268     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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