The natural history of idiopathic frozen shoulder: A 2- to 27-year followup study

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1133-1143

  Vastamäki, Heidi ^a   Kettunen, Jyrki ^b   Vastamäki, Martti ^c  

^a ORTON Invalid Foundation   (Finland)

^b ARCADA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTANT MURLEY SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SHOULDER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84859824272     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-2176-4     Document Type: Article

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