Predictors of functional outcome change 18 months after anterior ulnar nerve transposition

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-312

  Shi, Qiyun ^a,b   MacDermid, Joy ^a,b   Grewal, Ruby ^b   King, Graham J ^b   Faber, Kenneth ^b   Miller, Thomas A ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior transpositions of ulnar nerve; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Rehabilitation; Self report; Surgical Procedures, operative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTERIOR ULNAR NERVE TRANSPOSITION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COHORT STUDIES; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SEX FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84856399465     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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