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Review Article

Identifying and Managing Shoulder Pain in Competitive Swimmers

How to Minimize Training Flaws and Other Risks

Casey J. O'Donnell Dr O'Donnell is administrative chief resident and Dr Bowen and Dr Fossati are clinical assistant professors in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark.Correspondence[email protected]
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Jay Bowen Dr O'Donnell is administrative chief resident and Dr Bowen and Dr Fossati are clinical assistant professors in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark.; Dr Bowen is coordinator of the sports medicine fellowship at Associates in Rehabilitation in Morristown, New Jersey.
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Jeffrey Fossati Dr O'Donnell is administrative chief resident and Dr Bowen and Dr Fossati are clinical assistant professors in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark.; Dr Fossati is also in private practice at the Northern New Jersey Pain and Rehabilitation Center in Hackensack.
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Pages 27-35 | Published online: 19 Jun 2015

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