All-arthroscopic versus mini-open repair of small or moderate-sized rotator cuff tears: A protocol for a randomized trial [NCT00128076]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  MacDermid, Joy C ^a,b   Holtby, Richard ^c   Razmjou, Helen ^c   Bryant, Dianne ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital Totonto   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MINI OPEN ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; DISABILITY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645518230     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-25     Document Type: Article

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