Does extended-field-of-view sonography improve interrater reliability for the detection of rotator cuff muscle atrophy?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-31

  Kavanagh, Eoin C ^a,b   Koulouris, George ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Morrison, William B ^a   Bergin, Diane ^a   Zoga, Adam C ^a   Dlugosz, John A ^a   Nazarian, Levon N ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle atrophy; Rotator cuff surgery; Rotator cuff tendons; Shoulder; Sonography; Sports medicine; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 37549054705     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2716     Document Type: Article

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