An evidence-based review of current perceptions with regard to the subacromial space in shoulder impingement syndromes: Is it important and what influences it?

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 641-648

  Mackenzie, Tanya Anne ^a   Herrington, Lee ^a   Horlsey, Ian ^b   Cools, Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acromiohumeral distance; Biomechanical mechanisms; Rotator cuff impingement; Shoulder impingement; Ubacromial space

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS;

ACROMIOHUMERAL DISTANCE; BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS; CURRENT PERCEPTION; EVIDENCE-BASED; EXTRINSIC MECHANISMS; OUTCOME MEASURES; ROTATOR CUFF; UBACROMIAL SPACE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACROMION; BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LIMB DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAPULA; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SPORT; SUBACROMIAL SPACE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACROMION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

EID: 84938741619     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2015.06.001     Document Type: Review

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