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shoulder /shoul·der/ (shōl´der) the area where the arm joins the trunk and the clavicle meets the scapula. frozen shoulder adhesive capsulitis.
Frozen shoulder A shoulder that becomes scarred and cannot move. Mentioned in: Polymyalgia Rheumatica frozen shoulder Orthopedics A shoulder with incapacitating pain due to bursitis and inflammation, due to 1º or 2º osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cuff tear arthropathy and the clinically similar 'Milwaukee
shoulder', postmastectomy, avascular necrosis, and calcific tendonitis, and tearing of the rotator cuff muscles How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Alterations of scapular kinematics are believed to exist in patients with shoulder pathologies such as impingement and frozen shoulder syndromes. Not only is he the defending champion - and with a well-thawed frozen shoulder - he might also be one of the game's most successful part-time golfers since Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam as an amateur in 1930 and then retired at age 30. What he also had, he would find out later, was ``a thing called frozen shoulder,'' which has left him mostly an observer for the first two months of the 2004 tour season. |
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