Reliability of Determining and Measuring Acromial Enthesophytes

HSS Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-222

  Baumgarten, Keith M ^a   Carey, James L ^b   Abboud, Joseph A ^c   Jones, Grant L ^d   Kuhn, John E ^b   Wolf, Brian R ^e   Brophy, Robert H ^f   Cox, Charles L ^b   Wright, Rick W ^f   Vidal, Armando F ^g   Ma, C Benjamin ^h   McCarty, Eric C ^g   Holloway, G Brian ⁱ   Spencer Jr , Edwin E ⁱ   Dunn, Warren R ^b  

^a Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Shoulder and Elbow Center   (United States)

Author keywords

acromion; enthesophyte; morphology; reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053992104     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-011-9209-0     Document Type: Article

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