Relationship of radiographic acromial characteristics and rotator cuff disease: A prospective investigation of clinical, radiographic, and sonographic findings

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1289-1298

  Hamid, Nady ^a   Omid, Reza ^b   Yamaguchi, Ken ^c   Steger May, Karen ^c   Stobbs, Georgia ^c   Keener, Jay D ^c  

^a Shoulder and Elbow Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromial index; Acromial morphology; Acromial spur; Cross sectional study design; Epidemiology study; Level III; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ACROMION INDEX; ACROMION SPUR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84866184132     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2011.09.028     Document Type: Article

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