Shoulder pain in elite swimmers: Primarily due to swim-volume-induced supraspinatus tendinopathy

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-113

  Sein, Mya Lay ^a   Walton, Judie ^a   Linklater, James ^b   Appleyard, Richard ^a   Kirkbride, Brent ^b   Kuah, Donald ^b   Murrell, George A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Department of Corrective Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SWIMMING; TENDINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SWIMMING; TENDINOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949098495     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.047282     Document Type: Review

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