title: Clinical aspects of shoulder injuries.
abstract: The reader is presented with the important anatomical and biomechanical aspects of the shoulder and the most commonly seen injuries of the soft tissues. Ultrasonography is most efficacious in terms of noninvasiveness, accuracy, and cost during the initial presentation by patients with complaints, physical signs, and negative roentgenograms. It allows the practitioner to make treatment decisions when therapeutic modalities have their maximum benefit, that is, as soon after the injury as possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Lanzer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012421:Rupture; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D014463:Ultrasonography