A Systematic Literature Review of the Resistance Exercises That Promote Maximal Muscle Activity of the Rotator Cuff in Normal Shoulders

Shoulder and Elbow

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-135

  Ganderton, Charlotte ^a   Pizzari, Tania ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

electromyography; EMG; rehabilitation; Rotator cuff; therapeutic exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922702935     PISSN: 17585732     EISSN: 17585740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sae.12010     Document Type: Review

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