Sonography of the rotator cuff in painful shoulders performed without knowledge of clinical information: Results from 58 sonographic examinations with surgical correlation

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-26

  Moosmayer, Stefan ^a   Heir, Stig ^a   Smith, Hans Jørgen ^b  

^a MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnostic ultrasound; Interpretation bias; Rotator cuff tear; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 33846200326     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20286     Document Type: Article

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