Posteromedial elbow impingement: Magnetic resonance imaging findings in overhead throwing athletes and results of arthroscopic treatment

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1364-1370

  Cohen, Steven B ^a,b   Valko, Courtney ^a   Zoga, Adam ^a   Dodson, Christopher C ^a,b   Ciccotti, Michael G ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY; ELBOW INJURY; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLECRANON FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTEROMEDIAL ELBOW IMPINGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; SYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DEBRIDEMENT; EDEMA; ELBOW; HUMANS; JOINT LOOSE BODIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OLECRANON PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SYNOVITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053302614     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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