Partial-thickness rotator cuff tears

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 609-616

  Finnan, Ryan P ^a   Crosby, Lynn A ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHEAR STRESS; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SPORT INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WORK RESUMPTION; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT DISEASES; PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINT DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952100570     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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