PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 27-36 , January 2010

Risk Factors for Volleyball-Related Shoulder Pain and Dysfunction

  • Jonathan C. Reeser, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Office of Research Integrity and Protections, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, 1000 North Oak Ave., Marshfield, WI 54449†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: J.C.R.
    • ,
  • Elizabeth A. Joy, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT‡
    • ,
  • Christina A. Porucznik, PhD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT§
    • ,
  • Richard L. Berg, MS

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI
    • ,
  • Ethan B. Colliver, DO

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT∥
    • ,
  • Stuart E. Willick, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT#

Received 18 March 2009 ,Accepted 22 November 2009.

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