Rotator cuff contusions of the shoulder in professional football players: Epidemiology and magnetic resonance imaging findings

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-447

  Cohen, Steven B ^a   Towers, Jeffrey D ^b   Bradley, James P ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Burke and Bradley Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact athletes; Epidemiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rotator cuff contusion

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE TRAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITENDON EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; CONTUSIONS; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; ROTATOR CUFF; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847168179     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506295082     Document Type: Article

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