Examination skills in the assessment of the musculoskeletal system in children and adolescents

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 341-344

  Foster, Helen ^a   Kay, Lesley ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Locomotor examination; Screening examination

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PEDIATRICIAN; SCREENING;

EID: 0041427853     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5839(03)00057-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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