Contrast-enhanced ultrasound characterization of the vascularity of the rotator cuff tendon: Age- and activity-related changes in the intact asymptomatic rotator cuff

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Rudzki, Jonas R ^a   Adler, Ronald S ^b   Warren, Russell F ^a   Kadrmas, Warren R ^a   Verma, Nikhail ^a   Pearle, Andrew D ^a   Lyman, Stephen ^a   Fealy, Stephen ^a  

^a Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDINITIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF;

EID: 38049186798     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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