The accuracy of primary care teams in diagnosing disorders of the shoulder

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-122

  Patel, Shelain ^a   Hossain, Fahad S ^a   Colaco, Henry B ^a   El Husseiny, Moataz ^a   Lee, Marcus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnostic accuracy; primary care; shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS TENDINOSIS; BURSITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLENOHUMERAL OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SHOULDER SURGERY; SUPERIOR LABRAL TEAR ANTERIOR TO POSTERIOR; SUPRASPINATUS TENDINITIS; SURGEON; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SHOULDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751653041     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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