Serial structural and functional assessments of rotator cuff repairs: Do they differ at 6 and 19 months postoperatively?

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 859-866

  Koh, Kyoung Hwan ^a   Laddha, Mukesh S ^a   Lim, Tae Kang ^b   Park, Jong Ho ^a   Yoo, Jae Chul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case series; Level IV; Repair integrity; Rotator cuff repair; Serial MRI; Shoulder; Treatment study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862659260     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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