Accuracy of palpating the long head of the biceps tendon: An ultrasonographic study

PM and R

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1035-1040

  Gazzillo, Gregory P ^a   Finnoff, Jonathan T ^a   Hall, Mederic M ^a   Sayeed, Yusef A ^a   Smith, Jay ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJECTION SITE; LONG HEAD OF THE BICEPS TENDON; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PALPATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUPINE POSITION; TENDON; TENDON DISEASE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PALPATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955212932     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.02.022     Document Type: Article

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