Lesions of the biceps pulley

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 790-795

  Braun, Sepp ^a,b   Horan, Marilee P ^a   Elser, Florian ^b   Millett, Peter J ^a  

^a STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

biceps reflection pulley; long head of the biceps tendon; rotator cuff; superior labral anterior posterior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARM; ARTHROSCOPY; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TENOSYNOVITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953166219     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510393942     Document Type: Article

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