Systematic review: Nonoperative and operative treatments for rotator cuff tears

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 246-255

  Seida, Jennifer C ^a   LeBlanc, Claire ^b   Schouten, Janine R ^a   Mousavi, Shima S ^a   Hartling, Lisa ^a   Vandermeer, Ben ^a   Tjosvold, Lisa ^c   Sheps, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ROTATOR CUFF; STANDARD; TIME;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HYALURONIC ACID; STEROID; VISCOSUPPLEMENT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROTATOR CUFF; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSUPPLEMENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956418339     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-4-201008170-00263     Document Type: Review

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