Scapula alata: Description of a physical therapy program and its effectiveness measured by a shoulder-specific quality-of-life measurement

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 482-490

  Tibaek, Sigrid ^a   Gadsboell, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brace; Case series; Level IV; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Scapula alata; Thoracic nerve; Treatment study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE INJURY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPULA ALATA; SHOULDER DISEASE; SPORT; THORACIC NERVE INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WESTERN ONTARIO ROTATOR CUFF INDEX; BRACE; CANADA; INJURIES; INNERVATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; NERVE; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; SCAPULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRACES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPULA; THORACIC NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922699120     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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