Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1242-1248 , August 2009

Dynamic Visualization of the Coracoacromial Ligament by Ultrasound

  • Yi-Chian Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsing-Kuo Wang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute and School of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Shiang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tyng-Guey Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tyng-Guey Wang, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan.

Received 8 July 2008 ,Revised 30 December 2008 ,Accepted 9 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.01.003

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1242-1248 , August 2009

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