Correlation between the four types of acromion and the existence of enthesophytes: A study on 423 dried scapulas and review of the literature

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-272

  Natsis, Konstantinos ^a   Tsikaras, P ^a   Totlis, T ^a   Gigis, I ^a   Skandalakis, P ^b   Appell, H J ^c   Koebke, J ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrornioclavicular joint; Classification; Impingement syndrome; Osteology; Rotator cuff tears; Shoulder pathology

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCAPULA; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE GROWTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTHESOPHYTE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOLOGY;

ACROMION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

EID: 33947160003     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20320     Document Type: Review

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