Scapular positioning in athlete's shoulder: Particularities, clinical measurements and implications

Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 369-386

  Forthomme, Bénédicte ^a   Crielaard, Jean Michel ^a   Croisier, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Shoulder injuries; Sports injuries

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSKINESIA; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; LIMB DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SPORT; SYMPTOM; TRAINING;

EID: 42249107839     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200838050-00002     Document Type: Review

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