The Rotator Interval and Long Head Biceps Tendon: Anatomy, Function, Pathology, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-259

  Morag, Yoav ^a   Bedi, Asheesh ^a   Jamadar, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Glenohumeral joint instability; Long head biceps tendon; MR imaging; Rotator interval; Tear

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTHROGRAPHY; BICEPS TENDON PULLEY; BICEPS TENDON PULLEY INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; CAPSULOLIGAMENTOUS LESION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORACOHUMERAL LIGAMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBER; GLENOHUMERAL INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; INTRINSIC TENDON DEGENERATION; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LONG HEAD BICEPS TENDON; LONG HEAD BICEPS TENDON ABNORMALITY; LONG HEAD BICEPS TENDON FUNCTION; LONG HEAD BICEPS TENDON LESION; LONG HEAD BICEPS TENDON PULLEY FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; ROTATOR CABLE; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; ROTATOR INTERVAL ABNORMALITY; ROTATOR INTERVAL CONTRACTURE; ROTATOR INTERVAL FUNCTION; ROTATOR INTERVAL LESION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SUBCORACOID IMPINGEMENT; SUBSCAPULARIS TENDON FIBER; SUPERIOD GENOHUMERAL LIGAMENT; SUPERIOR LABRUM; SUPRASPINATUS TENDON FIBER; TENDON; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON LESION; TENDON RUPTURE; TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULAR DISEASES; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84859239349     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: 15579786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2012.01.012     Document Type: Review

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