Practical management of grade III acromioclavicular separations

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-166

  Trainer, Gabriel ^a   Arciero, Robert A ^a   Mazzocca, Augustus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

AC joint; Athletic trauma; Dislocation; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 40549111294     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318169f4c1     Document Type: Article

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