Diagnosis and treatment of rotator cuff tears in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-317

  SooHoo, Nelson F ^a   Rosen, Peter ^a,b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

impingement; review; rotator cuff tear; shoulder

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TENDINITIS; TENDON SURGERY;

EID: 0029948022     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(96)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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