Diagnostic performance and reliability of ultrasonography for fatty degeneration of the rotator cuff muscles

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2012, Pages e83(1)-

  Wall, Lindley B ^a   Teefey, Sharlene A ^b   Middleton, William D ^b   Dahiya, Nirvikar ^b   Steger May, Karen ^a   Kim, H Mike ^a   Wessell, Daniel ^b   Yamaguchi, Ken ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER PAIN; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; TERES MINOR MUSCLE;

EID: 84863564466     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01899     Document Type: Article

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