Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 167-176 , November 2008

Identifying SLAP lesions: A meta-analysis of clinical tests and exercise in clinical reasoning

Received 31 October 2007 ,Revised 29 May 2008 ,Accepted 4 July 2008.

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