The Relationship Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings and Postural Maneuver and Physical Examination Tests in Patients With Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Results of a Double-Blind, Controlled Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 844-851

  Demirbag, Derya ^a   Unlu, Ercument ^a   Ozdemir, Ferda ^a   Genchellac, Hakan ^a   Temizoz, Osman ^a   Ozdemir, Huseyin ^a   Demir, M Kemal ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Physical examination; Rehabilitation; Thoracic outlet syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 34250713478     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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