Efficacy of home exercises for symptomatic rotator cuff tears in correlation to the size of the defect;Effektivität der physiotherapie in eigenregie bei rotatorenmanschettendefekten

Sportverletzung-Sportschaden

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-27

  Heers, G ^a   Anders, S ^a   Werther, M ^a   Lerch, K ^a   Hedtmann, A ^b   Grifka, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Abteilung für Orthopädie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Physical therapy; Rotator cuff defect; Shoulder; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144383601     PISSN: 09320555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813883     Document Type: Article

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