Prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic rotator cuff tears in the general population: From mass-screening in one village

Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-12

  Minagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Nobuyuki ^b   Abe, Hidekazu ^c   Fukuda, Masashi ^d   Seki, Nobutoshi ^c   Kikuchi, Kazuma ^c   Kijima, Hiroaki ^c   Itoi, Eiji ^b  

^a Joto Orthopedic Clinic   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Prevalence; Rotator cuff tear; Symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOMATIC ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

EID: 84879666216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0972978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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