Injuries to the pectoralis major

Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 945-952

  Dodds, Seth D ^a   Wolfe, Scott W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOTION; MUSCLE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLANNING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036448168     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200232140-00004     Document Type: Review

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