Treatment of shoulder complaints in general practice: Long term results of a randomised, single blind study comparing physiotherapy, manipulation, and corticosteroid injection

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7195, 1999, Pages 1395-1396

  Winters, Jan C ^a,c   Jorritsma, Wim ^b   Groenier, Klaas H ^c   Sobel, Jan S ^c   Meyboom De Jong, Betty ^c   Arendzen, Hans J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Rehabilitation Centre Beatrixoord   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033594699     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7195.1395     Document Type: Article

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