What is the best way to diagnose a suspected rotator cuff tear?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 621-624

  Diehr, Sabina ^a   Ison, David ^a   Jamieson, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; INJURY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746049437     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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