Combined tears of the subscapularis and supraspinatus tendon: Clinical outcome, rotator cuff strength and structural integrity following open repair

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-50

  Bartl, Christoph ^a   Senftl, Monika ^b   Eichhorn, Stefan ^b   Holzapfel, Konstantin ^b   Imhoff, Andreas ^b   Salzmann, Gian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterosuperior rotator cuff tear; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rotator cuff strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTEROSUPERIOR ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCE MEASUREMENT PLATE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER SURGERY; SUBSCAPULARIS TENDON RUPTURE; SUPRASPINATUS TENDON RUPTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857630453     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-011-1400-8     Document Type: Article

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