Management of posterior shoulder instability in the athlete

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-171

  Vidal, Leslie B ^a   Bradley, James P ^a  

^a Burke and Bradley Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Instability; Posterior instability; Posterior stabilization; Review; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; JERK TEST; KIM TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 33646034362     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000192888.97015.bf     Document Type: Review

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