Instruments to assess patients with rotator cuff pathology: A systematic review of measurement properties

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1961-1970

  Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^a   Saris, Daniël ^b,c   Poolman, Rudolf W ^d   Berton, Alessandra ^a   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Measurement properties; Questionnaires; Rotator cuff; Scores; Self assessment; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866899444     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1827-z     Document Type: Review

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