Etiology, classification and clinical evaluation of partial-thickness tears of rotator cuff

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 309-317

  Tang, Kang Lai ^a   Habermeryer, Peter ^b   Li, Qi Hong ^a   Lichtenberg, Sven ^b   Yang, Liu ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

EID: 0141919688     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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