Arthroscopic Transfer of the Long Head of the Biceps Tendon: Functional Outcome and Clinical Results

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-223

  Drakos, Mark C ^a   Verma, Nikhil N ^b   Gulotta, Lawrence V ^a   Potucek, Frank ^a   Taylor, Samuel ^a   Fealy, Stephen ^a   Selby, Ronald M ^c   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biceps pathology; Biceps transfer; Subdeltoid arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON TRANSFER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549123504     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.07.030     Document Type: Article

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