The natural history of asymptomatic rotator cuff tears: A three-year follow-up of fifty cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1249-1255

  Moosmayer, Stefan ^a   Tariq, Rana ^b   Stiris, Morten ^b   Smith, Hans Jørgen ^c  

^a MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Unilabs   (France)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS SCORE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ASYMPTOMATIC FULL THICKNESS ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; BICEPS BRACHII TENDON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DETERIORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY DEGENERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GOUTALLIER GRADING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TENDON; TENDON SURGERY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; DISEASE COURSE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURY;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84884496230     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00185     Document Type: Article

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