Partial supraspinatus tears are associated with tendon lengthening

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 408-414

  Farshad Amacker, Nadja A ^a   Buck, Florian M ^a   Farshad, Mazda ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Partial tears; Rotator cuff tear; Supraspinatus; Tendon; Tendon length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875198290     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2475-2     Document Type: Article

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