Ultrasound-guided steroid injection to treat mild ulnar neuropathy at the elbow

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-130

  Rampen, Anneke J J ^a   Wirtz, Paul W ^a   Tavy, Denes L J ^a  

^a HagaZiekenhuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Injection; Neuropathy; Steroid; Ulnar; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS;

ADULT; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEROIDS; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 79959294757     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22091     Document Type: Article

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