Supraspinatus tendon and subacromial space parameters measured on ultrasonographic imaging in subacromial impingement syndrome

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 363-369

  Michener, Lori A ^a   Subasi Yesilyaprak, Sevgi S ^b   Seitz, Amee L ^c   Timmons, Mark K ^a   Walsworth, Matthew K ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impingement syndrome; Rotator cuff disease; Shoulder; Subacromial space; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACROMION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERAL HEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84878364618     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2542-8     Document Type: Article

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