Electromyography and ultrasonography in the diagnosis of a rare double-crush ulnar nerve injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1914-1916

  Akyuz, Mufit ^a   Yalcin, Elif ^a   Selcuk, Barin ^a   Onder, Burcu ^a   Zakar, Levent ^b  

^a ANKARA PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Case report; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Electromyography; Rehabilitation; Ulnar nerve; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DENERVATION; DOUBLE CRUSH ULNAR NERVE INJURY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RARE DISEASE; ULNAR NERVE; WEAKNESS;

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 81155162579     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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