Immediate effect of thermal capsulorrhaphy on glenohumeral joint mobility

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 572-578

  Chang, Jia Hao ^a   Hsu, Ar Tyan ^a   Lee, Sen Jen ^a   Chang, Guan Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capsulorrhaphy; Displacement; Radiofrequency shrinkage; Range of motion; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SHRINKAGE;

POSTERIOR DISPLACEMENTS; THERMAL CAPSULORRHAPHY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS HEAD; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT SURGERY; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMAL CAPSULORRHAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 3242669611     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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