Thoracic outlet syndrome Part 2: Conservative management of thoracic outlet

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-314

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

^a LifeCare Prahran Sports Medicine   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Physical therapy; Thoracic outlet syndrome; TOS

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAPULA; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROTATION; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROTATION; SCAPULA; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 77953809120     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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