Lateral epicondylitis and beyond: Imaging of lateral elbow pain with clinical-radiologic correlation

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-386

  Kotnis, Nikhil A ^a,b   Chiavaras, Mary M ^a   Harish, Srinivasan ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epicondylitis; Lateral elbow; MRI; Pain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW INJURY; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS BREVIS; FREIBERG DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LATERAL ANTEBRACHIAL CUTANEOUS NERVE ENTRAPMENT; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE SYNDROME; POSTEROLATERAL PLICA SYNDROME; POSTEROLATERAL ROTARY INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; RADIOCAPITELLAR ARTHRITIS; RADIOCAPITELLAR OVERLOAD SYNDROME; REVIEW; SKIN NERVE; TENDON; TENNIS ELBOW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DISEASE; CHILD; ELBOW; FEMALE; FRACTURE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 84862275016     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1343-8     Document Type: Review

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