Nonoperative treatment of superior labrum anterior posterior tears: Improvements in pain, function, and quality of life

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1458-1461

  Edwards, Sara L ^a   Lee, Jessica A ^b   Bell, John Erik ^c   Packer, Jonathan D ^b   Ahmad, Christopher S ^b   Levine, William N ^b   Bigliani, Louis U ^b   Blaine, Theodore A ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

nonoperative; outcomes; quality of life; SLAP

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CORTISONE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUPTURE; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954320902     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510370937     Document Type: Article

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