Prevalence of rotator cuff tear in paraplegic patients compared with controls

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-30

  Akbar, Michael ^a   Balean, Gabriel ^a   Brunner, Manuela ^a   Seyler, Thorsten M ^b   Bruckner, Thomas ^a   Munzinger, Judith ^a   Grieser, Thomas ^a   Gerner, Hans J ^a   Loew, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT BEARING; WHEELCHAIR; COMORBIDITY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PREVALENCE; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 73949144766     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01373     Document Type: Article

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