Prevalence of shoulder discomfort in paraplegic subjects

Acta Biomedica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-182

  Pellegrini, Andrea ^a,b   Pegreffi, Francesco ^a   Paladini, Paolo ^a   Verdano, Michele Arcangelo ^b   Ceccarelli, Francesco ^b   Porcellini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a D Cervesi Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pain; Paraplegic; Prevalence; Shoulder discomfort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERRED PAIN; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER DISABILITY; SHOULDER DISCOMFORT; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER SURGERY; SPINE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 84879710414     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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