How long should acute anterior dislocations of the shoulder be immobilized in external rotation?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1309-1316

  Scheibel, Markus ^a   Kuke, Anika ^a   Nikulka, Constanze ^a   Magosch, Petra ^b   Ziesler, Ottfried ^a   Schroeder, Ralf Juergen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

External rotation immobilization; Nonoperative treatment; Shoulder dislocation; Shoulder instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; TIME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350047017     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509331943     Document Type: Article

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