Acromioclavicular Joint Problems in Athletes and New Methods of Management

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 763-788

  Rios, Clifford G ^a   Mazzocca, Augustus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AC joint arthrosis; Distal clavicle osetolysis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR ARTHROSIS; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR SEPARATION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BRACE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL CLAVICLE OSTEOLYSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; REST; REVIEW; SCAPULA; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; SHOULDER PAIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 57149097101     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.06.006     Document Type: Review

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