Does adding heavy load eccentric training to rehabilitation of patients with unilateral subacromial impingement result in better outcome? A randomized, clinical trial

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1158-1167

  Maenhout, Annelies G ^a   Mahieu, Nele N ^a   De Muynck, Martine ^b   De Wilde, Lieven F ^b   Cools, Ann M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eccentric training; Physiotherapy; Shoulder impingement syndrome; Tendon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876323715     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2012-8     Document Type: Article

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