Drivers’ Elbow: A Cause of Ulnar Neuropathy

1 August 1991

journal article
case report
Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

Vol. 16 (4) , 436-437
https://doi.org/10.1016/0266-7681(91)90021-f

Abstract

The ulnar nerve is vulnerable to compression and vibration injury in drivers who have the shoulder abducted and elbow flexed with the arm lying against the lower edge of the window. Three cases of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow are described in vehicle drivers.

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