External impingement of the shoulder

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-126

  Campbell, Robert S D ^a   Dunn, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impingement; MRI; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 44849094644     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078699     Document Type: Review

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