The Effect of Comorbidity on Self-Assessed Function in Patients with a Chronic Rotator Cuff Tear

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 355-362

  Tashjian, Robert Z ^a   Henn, Ralph F ^a   Kang, Lana ^a   Green, Andrew ^a  

^a University Orthopedics Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0942290587     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200402000-00020     Document Type: Article

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