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Challenges in Managing Shoulder Disorders

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This chapter discusses some of the challenges faced in deciding when and how to intervene when dealing with shoulder complaints. Management options are presented with emphasis on the intervention ladder.

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Panayiotou Charalambous, C. (2019). Challenges in Managing Shoulder Disorders. In: The Shoulder Made Easy . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98908-2_7

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