Glenoid inclination is associated with full-thickness rotator cuff tears

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 407, Issue , 2003, Pages 86-91

  Hughes, Richard E ^a   Bryant, Cari R ^a   Hall, Janette M ^a   Wening, Jason ^a   Huston, Laura J ^a   Kuhn, John E ^a   Carpenter, James E ^a   Blasier, Ralph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037317010     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200302000-00016     Document Type: Article

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