Comparison between surgery and physiotherapy in the treatment of small and medium-sized tears of the rotator cuff: A randomised controlled study of 103 patients with one-year follow-up

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Moosmayer, S ^a   Lund, G ^a   Seljom, U ^a   Svege, I ^a   Hennig, T ^a   Tariq, R ^a,b   Smith, H J ^a,c  

^a MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Unilab Diagnostics   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75649112651     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B1.22609     Document Type: Article

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