Injuries to the pectoralis major muscle: Diagnosis and management

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1693-1705

  Provencher, Matthew T ^a   Handfield, Kent ^a   Boniquit, Nicole T ^b   Reiff, Stefanie N ^b   Sekiya, Jon K ^c   Romeo, Anthony A ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

pectoralis major; shoulder; shoulder injury; tendon; tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956259611     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509348051     Document Type: Article

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