Ultrasonography in patients with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: Comparison of cross-sectional area and swelling ratio with electrophysiological severity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 661-666

  Bayrak, Ayse Oytun ^a   Bayrak, Ilkay Koray ^a   Turker, Hande ^a   Elmali, Muzaffer ^a   Nural, Mehmet Selim ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elbow; Electrophysiology; Entrapment; Ulnar neuropathy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWELLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDEMA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951268451     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21563     Document Type: Article

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