Rehabilitation following repair of a torn latissimus dorsi tendon

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-423

  Burks, Robert ^a,b   Burhe, Wendy ^a,c   Stevanovic, Milan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Evidence based practice; Guidelines; Rehabilitation; Rupture; Shoulder; Tendon injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; POLICE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SHOULDER INJURY; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AXILLA; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644895022     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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