A BIOMECHANICAL STUDY OF THE ULNAR NERVE AT THE ELBOW

Authors
SCHUIND FA GOLDSCHMIDT D BASTIN C BURNY F
Citation
Fa. Schuind et al., A BIOMECHANICAL STUDY OF THE ULNAR NERVE AT THE ELBOW, Journal of hand surgery. British volume, 20B(5), 1995, pp. 623-627
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of hand surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667681
Volume
20B
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
623 - 627
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7681(1995)20B:5<623:ABSOTU>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The relative elongation with elbow flexion of the ulnar nerve, proxima l and distal to the cubital tunnel, and of the cubital tunnel retinacu lum, was measured in cadaver specimens by stereophotogrammetry. The pr oximal part of the ulnar nerve elongated significantly with full elbow flexion. No significant change of length was measured in the distal p art of the nerve. The length of the cubital tunnel retinaculum increas ed by an average of 45% from full elbow extension to full flexion.