Scapular dyskinesis: the surgeon’s perspective

Shoulder and Elbow

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 289-297

  Roche, Simon J ^a   Funk, Lennard ^b   Sciascia, Aaron ^c   Kibler, W Ben ^c  

^a ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEXINGTON CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyskinesis; instability; scapula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966345911     PISSN: 17585732     EISSN: 17585740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1758573215595949     Document Type: Review

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