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Investigations for Shoulder Disorders

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This chapter presents an overview of the potential radiological and neurophysiological tests that are available in the diagnosis of shoulder conditions, with emphasis as to the specific information they may provide and hence when they would be of particular use.

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  1. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Blackpool, Lancashire, UK

    Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous

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Panayiotou Charalambous, C. (2019). Investigations for Shoulder Disorders. In: The Shoulder Made Easy . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98908-2_6

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