Radial Tunnel Syndrome

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-536

  Naam, Nash H ^a   Nemani, Sajjan ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois Hand Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrapment; Neuropathy; Posterior interosseous nerve; Radial; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ANTERIOR APPROACH; ARM PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DORSAL APPROACH; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SPLINT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSMUSCULAR BRACHIORADIALIS SPLITTING APPROACH;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT; FOREARM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RISK FACTORS; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866918436     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: 15581373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2012.07.022     Document Type: Review

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