Clinical Assessment of Scapular Positioning in Patients with Shoulder Pain: State of the Art

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-75

  Nijs, Jo ^a,b   Roussel, Nathalie ^b   Struyf, Filip ^a   Mottram, Sarah ^c   Meeusen, Romain ^d  

^a University College Antwerp   (Belgium)

^b Department of Health Sciences   (Belgium)

^c Kinetic Control   (United Kingdom)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACROMION; ADDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; POSITION EFFECT; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SCAPULA; SCAPULA POSITIONING; SHOULDER; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER PAIN; STATIC EXERCISE;

EID: 33846258673     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.11.012     Document Type: Note

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