Acromial morphology: The enigma of terminology

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 268-272

  Chambler, A F W ^a   Emery, R J H ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acromion; Coracoacromial arch; Enthesophyte; Morphology; Spur

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW;

ACROMION; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0031296977     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670050062     Document Type: Review

References (25)

1. Aoki M, Ishii S, Usui M (1986) The slope of the acromion and rotator cuff impingement. Orthop Trans 10:228
2. Bigliani LU, Morrison DS, April EW (1986) The morphology of the acromion and its relationship to rotator cuff tears. Orthop Trans 10:216
3. Bigliani LU, Ticker J, Flatow EL, Soslowsky LJ, Mow VC (1991) The relationship of architecture to rotator cuff disease. Clin Sports Med 10:823-838
4. Chun JM, Yoo HW (1994) Incidence of acromial spur (abstract). J Shoulder Elbow Surg 3 [Suppl]:S20
5. Codman E (1934) Rare lesions of the shoulder. The shoulder. Todd, Boston, p 505
6. DeRidder WW (1995) The reproducibility of the Bigliani classification system. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of Surgery of the Shoulder, Helsinki, Finland, 27 June 1995. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p FM089
7. Dorland's Medical Dictionary (1992) Saunders, Philadelphia
8. Edelson J (1995) The 'hooked' acromion revisited. J Bone Joint Surg 77:284-287
9. Edelson JG, Taitz C (1992) Anatomy of the coraco-acromial arch. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 74:589-594
10. Gagey G, Ravaud E, Lassau JP (1993) Anatomy of the acromial arch: correlation of anatomy and MRI. Surg Radiol Anat 15:63-70
11. Graves WW (1922) Observations on ages changes in the scapula. Am J Phys Anthrop 5:21-34
12. Meyer AW (1931) The minute anatomy of attrition lesions. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 13:341
13. Miles AEW (1996) Humeral impingement on the acromion in a Scottish island population of c. 1600 AD. Int J Osteoarchaeol 6:259-288
14. Morrison DS, Bigliani LU (1987) The clinical significance of variations in acromial morphology. Orthop Trans 11:234
15. Nasca RJ, Salter EG, Weil CE (1984) Contact areas of the subacromial joint. In: Bateman JE, Walsh RP (eds) Surgery of the shoulder. Dekker, New York, pp 134-139
16. Neer CS (1972) Anterior acromioplasty for the chronic impingement syndrome in the shoulder. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 54:41-50
17. Neer CS (1987) Supraspinatus outlet. Orthop Trans. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 11:234
18. Nicholson GP, Goodman DA, Flatow EL, Bigliani LU (1996) The acromion: morphologic condition and age-related changes. A study of 420 scapulas. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 5:1-11
19. Ogata S, Uhthoff HK (1990) Acromial enthesopathy and rotator cuff tear. Clin Orthop 254:39-48
20. Ono K, Yamamuro T, Rockwood CA (1992) Use of a thirty-degree caudal tilt radiograph in the shoulder impingement syndrome. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 1:246-252
21. Ozaki J, Fujimoto S, Nakagawa Y, Masuhara K, Tamai S (1988) Tears of the rotator cuff of the shoulder associated with pathological changes in the acromion. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 70: 1224-1230
22. Toivonen DA, Tuite MJ, Orwin JF (1995) Acromial structure and tears of the rotator cuff. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 4:376-383
23. Wang JC, Shapiro MS (1997) Changes in acromial morphology with age. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 6:55-59
24. Yazici M, Kopuz C, Gulman B (1995) Morphologic variants of acromion in neonatal cadavers. In: Vastamaki M, Jalovaara P (eds) Surgery of the shoulder. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 75-77
25. Zuckerman JD, Kummer FJ, Cuomo F, Simon J, Rosenblum S, Katz N (1992) The influence of coracoacromial arch anatomy on rotator cuff tears. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 1:4-14