Rotator Cuff Disorders: A Survey of Current Uk Physiotherapy Practice

Shoulder and Elbow

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-71

  Littlewood, Chris ^a   Lowe, Anna ^b   Moore, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

physiotherapy; Rotator cuff; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864743931     PISSN: 17585732     EISSN: 17585740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5740.2011.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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