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Arm injury

Arm injury: Introduction

Any injury or trauma that affects the arm. Sprains, strains and fractures are the most common types of acute arm injuries. Minor arm injuries are common and are caused by normal everyday wear and tear or overuse. Sport is one of the main causes of arm injuries. ...more »

Symptoms of Arm injury

• Pain
• Paresthesia
• Swelling
• Weakness
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Arm injury:

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Arm injury?

• Misdiagnosis of Arm injury

Arm injury: Related Patient Stories

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• Inter-arm BP discrepancy
• Paralized arms and stop breathing
• arm not working properly
• nurse destroyd my arm!
• Would you care to take a peek at my arm?
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• My arm was just trembling and I couldn't stop it!
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Causes of Arm injury

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Disease Topics Related To Arm injury

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Arm injury:

• Glofer's elbow
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• Injuey to the deltoid muscle
• Heumerus fracture
• Volkmann's ischemic contracture
• more related diseases...»

Arm injury: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
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  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
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• Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Fibromyalgia -- Undiagnosed
  • Arthritis -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Arm injury

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Arm injury: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
  • Rheumatology (Joint Health)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
• more specialists...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Arm injury

Medical research articles related to Arm injury include:

• Cervical Spine Injuries in Sports (Overview)
• Tennis - preventing injury
• more research...»

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Arm injury: Animations

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Research about Arm injury

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Clinical Trials for Arm injury

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Arm injury include:

• Management and Outcome of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Trial of Physiotherapy and Corticosteroid Injections in Lateral Epicondylalgia - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Treatment of Tennis Elbow With Botulinum Toxin - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Botulinum toxin A injection or normal saline
• ALGRX 4975 in the Treatment of Tennis Elbow - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - ALGRX 4975
• A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Different Doses of Chrysalin in Adults Who Have a Broken Wrist - This study has been suspended (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - TP508
• more trials...»

See full list of 19 Clinical Trials for Arm injury

Arm injury: Broader Related Topics

• Upper limb conditions
• Limb conditions
• Accident or injury conditions
• Pain conditions
• more types...»

Types of Arm injury

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