A prospective study of shoulder pain in primary care: Prevalence of imaged pathology and response to guided diagnostic blocks

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cadogan, Angela ^a   Laslett, Mark ^a,b   Hing, Wayne A ^a   McNair, Peter J ^a   Coates, Mark H ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b PhysioSouth   (New Zealand)

^c Christchurch Radiology Group   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLAVICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TENDON SHEATH; ULTRASOUND; X RAY; ADOLESCENT; ARTHROPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SHOULDER FRACTURE; TENDON INJURY;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURSA, SYNOVIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957514083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-119     Document Type: Article

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