Anatomy and Mechanics of the Shoulder: Review of Current Concepts

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-343

  Hurov, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CLAVICULOCOSTAL JOINT; FIBROCARTILAGE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SCAPULA GLENOID CAVITY; SCAPULOTHORACIC JOINT; SHOULDER; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 70350046933     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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