Conservative or surgical treatment for subacromial impingement syndrome? A systematic review

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 652-660

  Dorrestijn, Oscar ^a   Stevens, Martin ^a   Winters, Jan C ^a   van der Meer, Klaas ^a   Diercks, Ron L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conservative treatment; randomized controlled trials; Shoulder impingement syndrome; surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67449161595     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.01.010     Document Type: Review

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