Variations of the intra-articular portion of the long head of the biceps tendon: A classification of embryologically explained variations

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 556-565

  Dierickx, Carl ^a   Ceccarelli, Enrico ^b   Conti, Marco ^b   Vanlommel, Jan ^a   Castagna, Alessandro ^b  

^a VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

arthroscopy; biceps impingement; biceps tendon variations; embryology; human shoulder; Shoulder development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BURSECTOMY; BURSITIS; CALCIFICATION; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; INCIDENCE; JOINT CAPSULE; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SYNOVIUM; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449152272     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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