(n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
(n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
(n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
(v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
(v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
(v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
Example Sentences:
(1) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
(2) The authors describe a new technique for evaluating traumatic conditions to the elbow: the radial head-capitellum view.
(3) Furthermore, it involved mixed clinical and histological changes of epidermal nevus from fingers to elbow.
(4) But there was a clear penalty on Diego Costa – it is a waste of time and money to have officials by the side of the goal because normally they do nothing – and David Luiz’s elbow I didn’t see, I confess.
(5) Five cases of bilateral abduction contracture of the shoulder in adults including the first case of bilateral abduction contractures of shoulder and hip plus bilateral flexion contracture of elbow and extension contracture of a knee are reported.
(6) After 3-5 days of side-arm traction, swelling had usually diminished sufficiently to allow the elbow to be safely hyperflexed to stabilize the fracture after elective closed reduction.
(7) There were no significant effects of training on the time-related contractile properties (time to peak torque, half-relaxation time), CSA, or %MUA of the elbow flexors or knee extensors.
(8) Brachial artery rupture is the usual vascular injury associated with a compound elbow dislocation.
(9) In severely impaired limbs, there was a marked shift in both the peak EMG angle and the angular domain of EMG activity for both biceps and triceps muscle groups, away from the normal elbow flexion-extension axis towards external humeral rotation and shoulder girdle elevation.
(10) The EMG activity in flexors of both shoulder and elbow showed reflex responses at short latency (approximately 25 ms).
(11) The study involved measurement of mechanical resistance of a passive limb periodical movements at the elbow joint.
(12) Whilst developing an elbow endoprosthesis, the joint forces were estimated for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
(13) Electrical and mechanical responses were evoked in the elbow flexors (EFs) of normal subjects and myopathy patients by maximal stimulation of the musculocutaneous nerve by a wire electrode in the axilla.
(14) Distal (5th finger - wrist) and proximal (wrist - elbow) sensory nerve conduction showed an insignificant increase as hyperglycemia was induced.
(15) In our view, the surgical procedure of choice for a salvage elbow is an elbow arthrodesis.
(16) Degenerative arthritis of the elbow is a poorly recognised condition, usually seen in a middle-aged man with an occupation or activity which involves the repetitive use of his dominant arm.
(17) Rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow is a common condition.
(18) The authors favor conservative treatment of tennis elbow, starting with cessation of the offending activity and prescription of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and followed by isometric and isotonic exercises when pain and inflammation have subsided.
(19) Radiographic examination revealed ankylotic changes in both wrist and elbow joints.
(20) Thirty-six per cent had axillary occlusion, 52% had a brachial lesion, and the lesion was distal to the elbow in 11%.
Ulnar
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.
Example Sentences:
(1) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
(2) The anesthesiologist assessed the degree of neuromuscular blockade intraoperatively prior to pharmacologic reversal either by the standard method of visually counting the number of evoked thumb twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the ulnar nerve (i.e., thumb train-of-four count), or by an alternative method such as 1) visually counting the number of evoked orbicularis oculi muscle twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the facial nerve, or 2) observing the patient for clinical evidence of partial recovery (e.g., swallowing or attempts to breathe).
(3) The growth in the revascularized bone grafts has been compared to that in heterotopic, nonvascularized ulna transfers and to normal ulnar growth.
(4) One patient with the disease localised to the eyelid had normal EMG responses when monitored on the hand with ulnar nerve stimulation.
(5) The technique includes the soft tissue correction of the ulnar deviation.
(6) The mean values of radial and ulnar components for each pair of homologous fingers separately are also compared.
(7) We undertook this study to determine the incidence, time of onset, and outcome of clinical and subclinical ulnar neuropathies.
(8) We also observed one case of ulnar nerve compression.
(9) In the 18 asymptomatic diamond assorters, electrophysiological studies revealed an ulnar neuropathy in two (again in the hand used for holding the eye-glass).
(10) Motor nerve conduction study along the entire length of the ulnar and tibialis posterior nerves was carried out in 30 diabetics compared with 30 uremic patients and 30 control subjects.
(11) Findings at surgery included chondromalacia of the ulnar head (19), tears of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (11), and excessive mobility of the ulnar head (10).
(12) There were no radial or ulnar nerve injuries, nonunions, infections, or hypertrophic scars.
(13) The thoracic extremity skeleton lesions are revealed as an ulnar type of distal ectromelia, or axial ectromelia.
(14) The more serious sequelae must be ascribed either to rotary deformity or to ulnar angulation at the fracture-site.
(15) The infant, who was utterly small for his gestational age, showed an aberrant motoric pattern and a high forehead, low-set ears, a prominent occiput and scoliosis, an extension defect in the knee joints and flexed, ulnar-deviated wrists.
(16) Motor nerve condition velocity of both the nerves and amplitude of sensory response of ulnar nerve were significantly decreased in even moderate protein calorie malnourished (PCM) group of monkeys.
(17) Between January 1980 and March 1988 twenty-two patients with compression neuropathies of the ulnar nerve in the Guyon's canal were treated.
(18) Healing time for the ulnar fractures ranged from eight to 20 weeks, with an average of ten weeks.
(19) Subluxation and luxation of the ulnar nerve are normally congenital and can result in not only an irritation of the nerve but also sensory loss and motor weakness.
(20) There was no significant difference in ulnar variance between Japanese with normal wrists and those affected by Kienböck's disease, when the effects of sex and age were taken into account.