Time for a New Name for Frozen Shoulder—Contracture of the Shoulder

Shoulder and Elbow

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-9

  Bunker, Tim ^a  

^a Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adhesive capsulitis; frozen shoulder

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956369356     PISSN: 17585732     EISSN: 17585740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5740.2009.00007.x     Document Type: Review

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