Does arthroscopic acromioplasty provide any additional value in the treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome? A two-year randomised controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1326-1334

  Ketola, S ^a,b   Lehtinen, J ^a,c   Arnala, I ^a   Nissinen, M ^a   Westenius, H ^a   Sintonen, H ^a,d   Aronen, P ^a,d   Konttinen, Y T ^a,d   Malmivaara, A ^a,e   Rousi, T ^a  

^a KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement ^*  (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACROMION; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349682609     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B10.22094     Document Type: Article

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