Comparison of shoulder flexibility, strength, and function between breast cancer survivors and healthy participants

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Harrington, Shana ^a   Padua, Darin ^b   Battaglini, Claudio ^b   Michener, Lori A ^c   Giuliani, Carol ^d   Myers, Joseph ^b   Groff, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Virginia Commonwealth University MCV Campus ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Oncology; Shoulder; Shoulder function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79956198318     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-010-0168-0     Document Type: Article

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