The influence of the acromial coverage index in rotator cuff tears

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-351

  Torrens, Carlos ^a   López, Joan Miquel ^a   Puente, Isabel ^a   Cáceres, Enrique ^a  

^a Hospitals del Mar I l'Esperança   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMIAL COVERAGE INDEX; ACROMION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; TENDON SURGERY; TISSUE REPAIR;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ACROMION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 34247844575     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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