A meta-analysis examining clinical test utility for assessing superior labral anterior posterior lesions

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2252-2258

  Meserve, Brent B ^a   Cleland, Joshua A ^b,c   Boucher, Thomas R ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Rehabilitation Services of Concord Hospital   (United States)

^d PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical examination; Sensitivity; Specificity; Superior labral anterior posterior (SLAP) lesions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPRESSION TEST; ANTERIOR SLIDE TEST; BIOSIS; CINAHL; CRANK TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER INJURY; SPEED TEST; SUPERIOR LABRUM ANTERIOR POSTERIOR LESION;

ARM INJURIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 70649109776     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508325153     Document Type: Review

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