Guideline for diagnosis and treatment of subacromial pain syndrome

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 314-322

  Diercks, Ron ^a   Bron, Carel ^b   Dorrestijn, Oscar ^a   Meskers, Carel ^d   Naber, René ^e   De Ruiter, Tjerk ^d   Willems, Jaap ^a   Winters, Jan ^c   Van Der Woude, Henk Jan ^f  

^a Netherlands Orthopedic Society   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Netherlands Association of Physical Therapy   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Association of General Practitioners   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Society of Rehabilitation Medicine   (Netherlands)

^e Netherlands Association of Occupational Medicine   (Netherlands)

^f Netherlands Society of Radiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOBILIZATION; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBACROMIAL PAIN SYNDROME; TENDINITIS; TENODESIS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANALGESICS; ARTHRALGIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; ORTHOPEDICS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84902676008     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2014.920991     Document Type: Review

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