Natural history or outcome with conservative treatment of degenerative rotator cuff tears

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 527-529

  Beaudreuil, Johann ^a   Bardin, Thomas ^a   Orcel, Philippe ^a   Goutallier, Daniel ^b  

^a CENTRE VIGGO PETERSEN   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Degenerative tear; Natural history; Rotator cuff; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANATOMY; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; THICKNESS;

HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37048999987     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.07.009     Document Type: Editorial

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