Factors related to successful outcome of conservative treatment for rotator cuff tears

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Tanaka, Minoru ^a   Itoi, Eiji ^b   Sato, Katsumi ^a   Hamada, Junichiro ^c   Hitachi, Shin ^b   Tojo, Yuichi ^d   Honda, Masahito ^d   Tabata, Shiro ^e  

^a TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kuwano Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

^d Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

^e Iwaki Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Operative treatment; Prognostic factors; Rotator cuff tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954855053     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2010.493246     Document Type: Article

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