Incidence, prevalence, and consultation rates of shoulder complaints in general practice

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-155

  Greving, K ^a   Dorrestijn, O ^a   Winters, J C ^a   Groenhof, F ^a   Van Der Meer, K ^a   Stevens, M ^a   Diercks, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER DISEASE;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OFFICE VISITS; PREVALENCE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858422118     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2011.605390     Document Type: Review

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