Patient characteristics and clinical management of patients with shoulder pain in U.S. primary care settings: Secondary data analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Wofford, James L ^a   Mansfield, Richard J ^b   Watkins, Raquel S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 15344344213     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-4     Document Type: Review

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