Rotator Interval Lesions: Physical Exam, Imaging, Arthroscopic Findings, and Repair

Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 175-184

  Nottage, Wesley M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RIGIDITY; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0344152944     PISSN: 15239896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132589-200312000-00004     Document Type: Article

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