Results of surgical management of symptomatic shoulders with partial thickness tears of the rotator cuff

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-154

  Papalia, Rocco ^a   Franceschi, Francesco ^a   Del Buono, Angelo ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Partial thickness tears; Rehabilitation; Rotator cuff; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THICKNESS ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

ARTHROSCOPY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052718184     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldq040     Document Type: Article

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