Modified carpal stretch test as a screening test for detection of scapholunate interosseous ligament injuries associated with distal radial fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 855-862

  Kwon, Bong Cheol ^a   Choi, Soo Joong ^a   Song, Si Young ^a   Baek, Sang Hoon ^a   Baek, Goo Hyun ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; CARPAL STRETCH TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGAMENT INJURY; LUNATE BONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCAPHOID BONE; SCREENING TEST; WRIST INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; INJURY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIUS FRACTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959589755     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00361     Document Type: Article

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