The Abduction External Rotation (ABER) view for MRI of the shoulder

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 562-565

  Iyengar, Jaideep J ^a   Burnett, Keith R ^a   Nottage, Wesley M ^a  

^a Sports Clinic Orthopaedic Medical Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT POSITIONING; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER INJURY; SOFT TISSUE; ARTHROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 77955596403     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100625-17     Document Type: Article

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