A randomized clinical trial comparing open to arthroscopic acromioplasty with mini-open rotator cuff repair for full-thickness rotator cuff tears: Disease-specific quality of life outcome at an average 2-year follow-up

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1043-1051

  Mohtadi, Nicholas G ^a   Hollinshead, Robert M ^a   Sasyniuk, Treny M ^a   Fletcher, Jennifer A ^b   Chan, Denise S ^a   Li, Feng X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic mini open; Open acromioplasty; Quality of life; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SOCIETY; ARTHROSCOPIC ACROMIOPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL SHOULDER ELEVATION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RATING QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF;

EID: 44049084290     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508314409     Document Type: Article

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