Role of fatty infiltration in the pathophysiology and outcomes of rotator cuff tears

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-82

  Chaudhury, Salma ^a   Dines, Joshua S ^a   Delos, Demetris ^a   Warren, Russell F ^a   Voigt, Clifford ^a   Rodeo, Scott A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FATTY INFILTRATION; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIPIDOSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84856899163     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20552     Document Type: Article

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