Dead men and radiologists don't lie: A review of cadaveric and radiological studies of rotator cuff tear prevalence

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Reilly, P ^a   Macleod, I ^a   Macfarlane, R ^a   Windley, J ^a   Emery, R J H ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Rotator cuff tears

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; CALCIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDINITIS;

AGED; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 33644947177     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X94968     Document Type: Review

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