Evaluation of the Patient with Neck Versus Shoulder Pain

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-410

  Fish, David E ^a   Gerstman, Brett A ^a   Lin, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm pain; Cervical; Radiculopathy; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEAKNESS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NECK PAIN; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SHOULDER PAIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961108818     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.03.009     Document Type: Review

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