ChiroACCESS Clinical Review



Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: Prevention

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Lead Author(s): 

Dwain M. Daniel, D.C.

  

How this evidence was rated:

Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT)



Published on

January 28, 2008

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Very few high quality studies have been performed to determine risk factors for developing shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS). Much of what we know relating to risk factors is based on clinical common sense and lower level clinical studies.

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