Latissimus dorsi tendon transfer for irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears: Factors affecting outcome

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 342-348

  Iannotti, Joseph P ^a   Hennigan, Shawn ^b   Herzog, Richard ^c   Kella, Sami ^b   Kelley, Martin ^b   Leggin, Brian ^b   Williams, Gerald R ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LATISSIMUS DORSI TENDON TRANSFER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTEROSUPERIOR ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; TENDON TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 31844433130     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02996     Document Type: Article

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