Management decisions in nontraumatic complaints of arm, neck, and shoulder in general practice

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 446-454

  Feleus, Anita ^a,b   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Bernsen, Roos M D ^c   Miedema, Harald S ^b   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus MC   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arm; Neck; Patient care management; Primary health care; Shoulder; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHOULDER DISEASE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 70349174709     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.993     Document Type: Article

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