This week we are going to discuss a condition of the elbow that can affect the forearm and hand: the ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow. The ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow is specifically what ...

Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT, DPT, MS Key Takeaways Ulnar nerve entrapment causes numbness or tingling in the hand ...

Compression of the ulnar nerve causes ulnar nerve entrapment syndrome to occur. The ulnar nerve is one of the principal nerves of the upper limb. It has a long course from the neck down into the hand, ...

I am not a doctor. That is one of the few things in life I am most certain about. Nor am I prone to submitting an arm-chair diagnosis when a player in injured. What do I know about medicine? I have ...

Cubital tunnel syndrome is a health condition that involves compression of stretching of the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve supplies the muscles of the hand and what is commonly known as the funny bone.

Results of ulnar nerve transposition have improved with the recognition of technical problems related to the surgery. Persistent or recurrent ulnar nerve compression ...

A doctor may refer to nerve compression as a pinched or trapped nerve, or nerve entrapment. Excess pressure on a nerve from surrounding tissues can cause nerve compression. Nerve compression syndrome ...

Among adults without diabetes, higher BMI is independently associated with increased potential for ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE), with both overweight and obesity being prominent risk factors. Among a ...

The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the ...

(UPDATED) Compressing the ulnar artery in addition to standard patent hemostasis significantly lowers the risk of radial artery occlusion after a transradial-access coronary intervention, a new study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization using transradial access, the use of prophylactic ...

This week we are going to discuss a very common and very uncomfortable condition of the elbow that can affect the wrist and hand as well as the arm—the ulnar nerve entrapment of the elbow. Patients ...