Treatment of shoulder and upper limb pain after stroke: An obstacle course for evidence-based practice

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-333

  Price, Christopher I M ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMIPLEGIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTSTROKE UPPER LIMB PAIN; REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE;

EID: 4544251639     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259804001091     Document Type: Review

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