The presence of fatty infiltration in the infraspinatus: Its relation with the condition of the supraspinatus tendon

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-470

  Cheung, Sunny ^a   Dillon, Erica ^a   Tham, Seng Choe ^b   Feeley, Brian T ^a   Link, Thomas M ^a   Steinbach, Lynne ^a   Ma, C Benjamin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; INFRASPINATUS TENDON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE TENDON; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953165670     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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