The multi-suture technique for rotator cuff repair: A biomechanical evaluation

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 910-919

  Bicos, James ^a   Mazzocca, Augustus D ^b   Hallab, Nadim ^c   Santangelo, Stephen ^b   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^c  

^a St Vincent Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; ROTATOR CUFF;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROTATOR CUFF; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 38349011450     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20071101-16     Document Type: Article

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