Thoracic outlet syndrome part 1: Clinical manifestations, differentiation and treatment pathways

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 586-595

  Watson, L A ^a,b   Pizzari, T ^b   Balster, S ^a  

^a LifeCare Prahran Sports Medicine   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Entrapment neuropathy; Thoracic outlet syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 70350710028     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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