Relationship of tear size and location to fatty degeneration of the rotator cuff

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 829-839

  Kim, H Mike ^a   Dahiya, Nirvikar ^b   Teefey, Sharlene A ^b   Keener, Jay D ^a   Galatz, Leesa M ^a   Yamaguchi, Ken ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FATTY DEGENERATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER DISEASE; TENDON; AGED; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 77951910011     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01746     Document Type: Article

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