Temporal variations in a modified neer impingement test can confound clinical interpretation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 460, Issue , 2007, Pages 130-136

  Skedros, John G ^a   Pitts, Todd C ^a  

^a Utah Bone & Joint Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEER IMPINGEMENT TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447311909     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31804a8581     Document Type: Article

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