Association between rotator cuff abnormalities and reduced acromiohumeral distance

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 376-382

  Saupe, Nadja ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Schmid, Marius R ^a   Jost, Bernhard ^a   Werner, Clément M L ^a   Zanetti, Marco ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MRI; Musculoskeletal imaging; Orthopedic surgery; Shoulder; X ray technology

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOHUMERAL DISTANCE; ACROMION; ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; TENDON INJURY;

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33746615559     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0435     Document Type: Article

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