Factors that impact rehabilitation strategies after rotator cuff repair

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 102-114

  Mulligan, Edward P ^a   Devanna, Raymond R ^a   Huang, Mu ^a   Middleton, Emily F ^a   Khazzam, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional outcomes; Physical therapy; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Rotator cuff surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARM INJURY; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; STANDARD;

ARM INJURIES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874527274     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2012.11.1993     Document Type: Article

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