Lack of uniformity in diagnostic labeling of shoulder pain: Time for a different approach

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 478-483

  Schellingerhout, Jasper Mattijs ^a   Verhagen, Arianne Petra ^a   Thomas, Siep ^a   Koes, Bart Willem ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Rotator cuff; Shoulder impingement syndrome; Shoulder pain

Indexed keywords

BURSITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FROZEN SHOULDER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; META ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; BURSITIS; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDINOPATHY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 54049144637     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.04.005     Document Type: Review

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