The influence of age, delay of repair, and tendon involvement in acute rotator cuff tears: Structural and clinical outcomes after repair of 42 shoulders

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Björnsson, Hanna C ^a   Norlin, Rolf ^b   Johansson, Kajsa ^c   Adolfsson, Lars E ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONSTANT MURLEY SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF ARM SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATONIA; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SUBACROMIAL DECOMPRESSION; TENDON LESION; THERAPY DELAY; WESTERN ONTARIO ROTATOR CUFF SCORE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953835095     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2011.566144     Document Type: Article

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