Shoulder impingement: Biomechanical considerations in rehabilitation

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-39

  Ludewig, Paula M ^a   Braman, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Human movement system; Physical therapy; Rotator cuff disease

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; CLAVICLE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 78650274428     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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