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Disorders of the Shoulder. Diagnosis and Management.

2001; Wolters Kluwer; Volume: 83; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2106/00004623-200104000-00042

1535-1386

Robert P. Nirschl,

Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation

Joseph P. Iannotti and Gerald R. Williams Jr., editors. Illustrations by Jennifer Smith. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 1999. 1141 pages. $295.00. This book has sixty-one contributors and fourteen subsections comprising thirty-eight chapters. The subsections address the topics of rotator cuff disease, glenohumeral instability, frozen shoulder, glenohumeral joint arthritis, fractures, the acromioclavicular joint, the sternoclavicular joint, neuromuscular and scapulothoracic disorders, arthroscopy and imaging, neoplasms, infection, rehabilitation, outcome measurement, and pain management. The overall quality of this book matches the excellence expected from a major publisher. The illustrations, many of which are in color, are voluminous and of high quality. The organization of the individual chapters varies to some degree, but overall the text flows with reasonable consistency. The …