Clinical and diagnostic tests for shoulder disorders: A critical review

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 328-332

  McFarland, Edward G ^a   Garzon Muvdi, Juan ^a   Jia, Xiaofeng ^a   Desai, Pingal ^a   Petersen, Steve A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ARTHROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINT INSTABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 77950908690     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.067314     Document Type: Review

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