Acromial shapes and extension of rotator cuff tears: Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 576-578

  Hirano, Mako ^a   Ide, Junji ^b   Takagi, Katsumasa ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDON INJURY;

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0036836293     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2002.127097     Document Type: Article

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