Comparison between the acromion index and rotator cuff tears in the Brazilian and Japanese populations

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1082-1086

  Miyazaki, Alberto N ^a   Itoi, Eiji ^b   Sano, Hirotaka ^b   Fregoneze, Marcelo ^a   Santos, Pedro D ^a   da Silva, Luciana A ^a   Sella, Guilherme do V ^a   Martel, Eder M ^a   Debom, Leandro G ^a   Andrade, Manoel L ^a   Checchia, Sérgio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromion index; Biomechanics; Level II; Prognosis; Prognosis Study; Retrospective Case Control Study; Rotator cuff tear; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053052858     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2011.04.028     Document Type: Article

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