Morphological parameters of the acromion

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Paraskevas, G ^a   Tzaveas, A ^a   Papaziogas, B ^a   Kitsoulis, P ^b   Natsis, K ^a   Spanidou, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Impingement; Morphometry; Rotator cuff; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER INJURY;

ACROMION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCAPULA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

ACROMIA;

EID: 57749200519     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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