Functional outcome of surgically treated massive rotator cuff tears: A comparison of complete repair, partial repair, and debridement

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 479-482

  Moser, Michael ^a   Jablonski, Michael V ^a   Horodyski, Mary Beth ^a   Wright, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447282819     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20070601-05     Document Type: Article

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