Does reaching the back reflect the actual internal rotation of the shoulder?

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-310

  Wakabayashi, Ikuko ^a   Itoi, Eiji ^a   Minagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Moto ^a   Seki, Nobutoshi ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a   Okada, Kyoji ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BACK; BUTTOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SHOULDER; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; BUTTOCKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; ROTATION; SACRUM; SHOULDER JOINT; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33646197799     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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