Shoulder impingement syndrome: a systematic review of clinical trial participant selection criteria

Shoulder and Elbow

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 31-41

  Watts, Amy R ^a,b   Williams, Ben ^c   Kim, Susan W ^d   Bramwell, Donald C ^a,b   Krishnan, Jeganath ^a,b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b International Musculoskeletal Research Institute   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment criteria; index tests; shoulder impingement syndrome; subacromial impingement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85075524788     PISSN: 17585732     EISSN: 17585740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1758573216663201     Document Type: Article

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