Muscle atrophy as a consequence of rotator cuff tears: Should we compare the muscles of the rotator cuff with those of the deltoid?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 841-845

  Ashry, Reem ^a   Schweitzer, Mark E ^a   Cunningham, Patricia ^a   Cohen, Jodi ^a   Babb, James ^a   Cantos, Andrew ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI shoulder; Muscle atrophy; Rotator cuff tear

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DEVICE; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER;

EID: 34548044721     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0307-5     Document Type: Article

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