Rotator cuff disease? Basics of diagnosis and treatment

Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Boykin, Robert E ^a   Heuer, Hinrich J D ^b   Vaishnav, Suketu ^b   Millett, Peter J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rotator cuff repair; Rotator cuff tear; Shoulder; Shoulder impingement syndrome; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER SURGERY; TENDINITIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 77953404509     PISSN: 20367511     EISSN: 2036752X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/rr.2010.e1     Document Type: Article

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