Does slower rehabilitation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair lead to long-term stiffness?

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1034-1039

  Parsons, Bradford O ^a   Gruson, Konrad I ^b   Chen, Darwin D ^a   Harrison, Alicia K ^a   Gladstone, James ^a   Flatow, Evan L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case Series; Healing; Immobilization; Level IV; Rehabilitation; Rotator cuff repair; Shoulder; Stiffness; Treatment Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND LBOW SURGEONS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDINOPATHY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956620236     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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