Intra- and inter-rater reliability of the detection of tears of the supraspinatus central tendon on MRI by shoulder surgeons

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 725-731

  Grant, John A ^a   Miller, Bruce S ^a   Jacobson, Jon A ^b   Morag, Yoav ^b   Bedi, Asheesh ^a   Carpenter, James E ^a   Allen, Christina ^c   Baumgarten, Keith M ^c   Bishop, Julie Y ^c   Bollier, Matt ^c   Bravman, Jonathan T ^c   Brophy, Robert H ^c   Cox, Charles L ^c   Hettrich, Carolyn ^c   Jones, Grant ^c   Kijek, Theresa ^c   Kuhn, John E ^c   Ma, Benjamin ^c   Smith, Matthew V ^c   Wolf, Brian R ^c   Wright, Rick W ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Agreement; Central tendon; Diagnostic Study; Intramuscular tendon; Level III; MRI; Nonconsecutive Patients; Reliability; Rotator cuff tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SUPRASPINATUS INTRAMUSCULAR CENTRAL TENDON; TENDON;

EID: 84878197813     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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