Correlation of acromial morphology with impingement syndrome and rotator cuff tears

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 178-183

  Balke, Maurice ^a   Schmidt, Carolin ^b   Dedy, Nicolas ^b   Banerjee, Marc ^a   Bouillon, Bertil ^a   Liem, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY;

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 84876403651     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2013.773413     Document Type: Article

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