Can a high acromion index predict rotator cuff tears?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1019-1024

  Kim, Jung Ryul ^a   Ryu, Keun Jung ^a   Hong, In Tae ^a   Kim, Byung Kook ^a   Kim, Jae Hwa ^a  

^a CHA University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACROMION INDEX; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; THICKNESS;

ACROMION; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 84863784154     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1499-4     Document Type: Article

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