Expert Opinion and Controversies in Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine: Stingers

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-406

  Standaert, Christopher J ^a   Herring, Stanley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Neck pain; Radiculopathy, cervical; Rehabilitation; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60849111098     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.09.569     Document Type: Article

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