Anatomical and biomechanical mechanisms of subacromial impingement syndrome

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-379

  Michener, Lori A ^a   McClure, Philip W ^b   Karduna, Andrew R ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Review; Shoulder; Subacromial impingement syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; TISSUE;

SOFT TISSUES;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; BURSITIS; DEGENERATION; DISABILITY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPINE; TENDINITIS; TENDON;

EID: 0037570841     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(03)00047-0     Document Type: Review

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