A New SLAP Test: The Supine Flexion Resistance Test

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 500-505

  Ebinger, Nina ^a   Magosch, Petra ^a   Lichtenberg, Sven ^a   Habermeyer, Peter ^a  

^a ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; O'Brien test; Shoulder; SLAP lesion; SLAP test; Speed's test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; O BRIEN TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPEED TEST; SUPERIOR LABRUM ANTERIOR POSTERIOR INJURY; SUPINE FLEXION RESISTANCE TEST; SUPRASPINATUS INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER JOINT; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 42749091685     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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