Clinical Examination of the Rotator Cuff

PM and R

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-56

  Jain, Nitin B ^a,b   Wilcox, Reg B ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^b   Higgins, Laurence D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMOMETER; GONIOMETER; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MEDLINE; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

EID: 84872524186     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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