Treatment of Grade III acromioclavicular separations operative versus nonoperative management

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-83

  Press, Jeffrey ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a   Gallagher, Maureen ^a   Cuomo, Frances ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromioclavicular separation; Functional outcome; Nonoperative treatment; Operative treatment; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SURGERY;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR SEPARATION; GRADE III ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT; OPERATIVE TREATMENT;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISLOCATIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0030752431     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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