Ultrasound assessment of the lateral collateral ligamentous complex of the elbow: Imaging aspects in cadavers and normal volunteers

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1492-1498

  Gondim Teixeira, Pedro Augusto ^c   Omoumi, Patrick ^b   Trudell, Debra J ^a   Ward, Samuel R ^a   Lecocq, Sophie ^c   Blum, Alain ^c   Resnick, Donald L ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Elbow; Joint instability; Lateral collateral ligament; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELBOW; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; JOINT INSTABILITY; LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79959379786     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2076-8     Document Type: Article

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