Entrapment of the long head of the biceps tendon: The hourglass biceps - A cause of pain and locking of the shoulder

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-257

  Boileau, Pascal ^a   Ahrens, Philip M ^a   Hatzidakis, Armodios M ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON SURGERY; TENOTOMY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942500986     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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