Magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating workers' compensation patients

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 811-815

  Babbel, Daniel ^a,b   Rayan, Ghazi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; upper extremity; workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM SWELLING; ARM WEAKNESS; CARTILAGE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT INJURY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SURGEON; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 84859212200     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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