The acromiohumeral and coracohumeral intervals are abnormal in rotator cuff tears with muscular fatty degeneration

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 433, Issue , 2005, Pages 90-96

  Nové Josserand, Laurent ^a,b   Edwards, T Bradley ^b   O'Connor, Daniel P ^c   Walch, Gilles ^a  

^a Clinique Sainte Anne Lumiere   (France)

^b Fondren Orthopedic Group LLP   (United States)

^c TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 16844373248     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000151441.05180.0e     Document Type: Article

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