The relationship between greater tuberosity osteopenia and the chronicity of rotator cuff tears

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-77

  Cadet, Edwin R ^a   Hsu, Jennifer W ^a   Levine, William N ^a   Bigliani, Louis U ^a   Ahmad, Christopher S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMERUS; INJURY; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER;

AGED; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER;

EID: 41649090581     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.04.017     Document Type: Article

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