Thermal capsular shrinkage in the throwing athlete

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 771-776

  Dugas, Jeffrey R ^a   Andrews, James R ^a  

^a AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; REVIEW; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER PAIN; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT INSTABILITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SHOULDER JOINT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036813087     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5919(02)00037-6     Document Type: Review

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