The teres minor muscle in rotator cuff tendon tears

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1335-1344

  Melis, Barbara ^a   DeFranco, Michael J ^b   Lädermann, Alexandre ^c   Barthelemy, Renaud ^d   Walch, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE ORTHOPÉDIQUE SANTY   (France)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Clinique du Mail   (France)

Author keywords

Muscle appearance; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Tendon tear; Teres minor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATTY INFILTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TERES MINOR MUSCLE; WALCH CLASSIFICATION;

AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 81855182070     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1178-3     Document Type: Article

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