The proximal biceps as a pain generator and results of tenotomy

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-186

  Szabó, Istvan ^a   Boileau, Pascal ^b   Walch, Gilles ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^c Santy Orthopedic Center   (France)

^d Clinique Sainte Anne Lumiere   (France)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Biceps tendon; Rotator cuff tear; Tenodesis; Tenotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE SCREW; BURSECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVECTOMY; TENODESIS; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON INJURIES; TENODESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049089289     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3181824f1e     Document Type: Review

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