Proximal biceps tendon rupture: Primarily an injury of middle age

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 95-101

  Carter, Amy M ^a,b,c   Erickson, Steven M ^a,d  

^a Amer Med Soc for Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b Saint Francis Hospital   (United States)

^c BALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; SPORT INJURY; SUBLUXATION; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 0033031997     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1999.06.888     Document Type: Article

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