New concepts in restoring shoulder elevation in a stiff and painful shoulder patient

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-14

  Donatelli, Robert ^a   Ruivo, R M ^b   Thurner, Michael ^a   Ibrahim, Mahmoud Ibrahim ^c  

^a Physiotherapy Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Joint mobilization; Manual therapy; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT MOBILIZATION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; SCAPULA; SHORT SURVEY; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

JOINT MOBILIZATION; MANUAL THERAPY; SHOULDER;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BURSITIS; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 84891371623     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: 18731600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2013.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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