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  1. Andrews JR, ed. (2005). Impingement syndrome, Procedure-subacromial bursa injection, Overhead throwing shoulder, and Rotator cuff tears sections of Shoulder. In LY Griffin, ed., Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care, 3rd ed., pp. 188-193. Rosemont, IL: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Academy of Pediatrics.

  2. Gerdesmeyer L, et al. (2003). Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for the treatment of chronic calcifying tendonitis of the rotator cuff. JAMA, 290(19): 2573-2580.

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  • Carroll RM (2007). The shoulder. In SW Wiesel, JN Delahay, eds., Essentials of Orthopedic Surgery, 3rd ed., pp. 333-363. New York: Springer.

  • Devinney DS, et al. (2005). Surgery of shoulder arthritis. In WJ Koopman, LW Moreland, eds., Arthritis and Allied Conditions, 15th ed., vol. 1, pp. 995-1015. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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