Throwing Shoulder Injury Involving the Anterior Rotator Cuff: Concealed Tears Not as Uncommon as Previously Thought

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1298-1303

  Nakagawa, Shigeto ^a   Yoneda, Minoru ^b   Mizuno, Naoko ^a   Hayashida, Kenji ^c   Mae, Tatsuo ^b   Take, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a YUKIOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HOSHIGAOKA KOSEINENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concealed tear; Greater tuberosity notch; Posterior capsular tightness; Rotator cuff tear; Throwing shoulder injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT LAXITY; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER INJURY; TENDON;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33845216233     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.07.041     Document Type: Article

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