The Rotator Cuff: Biological Adaptations to its Environment

Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 993-1002

  Malcarney, Hilary L ^a   Murrell, George A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; ALPHA ACTIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 12; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; KERATIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; AXILLARY ARTERY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; COMPRESSION; FORCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; PROTEOGLYCANS; ROTATOR CUFF; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0142154995     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200333130-00004     Document Type: Review

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