Shoulder
"Shoulder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Part of the body in humans and primates where the arms connect to the trunk. The shoulder has five joints; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR joint, CORACOCLAVICULAR joint, GLENOHUMERAL joint, scapulathoracic joint, and STERNOCLAVICULAR joint.
| Descriptor ID |
D012782
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.378.800.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Shoulder" by people in Profiles.
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Morris BJ, Haigler RE, Cochran JM, Laughlin MS, Elkousy HA, Gartsman GM, Edwards TB. Obesity Has Minimal Impact on Short-Term Functional Scores After Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty for Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2016 May-Jun; 45(4):E180-6.
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Gartsman GM, Morris BJ, Unger RZ, Laughlin MS, Elkousy HA, Edwards TB. Characteristics of clinical shoulder research over the last decade: a review of shoulder articles in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery from 2004 to 2014. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Mar 04; 97(5):e26.
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Layne CS, Spooner BS. Effects of postural set on anticipatory muscle activation prior to rapid arm flexion. Res Q Exerc Sport. 1992 Jun; 63(2):196-9.