Rehabilitation following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair : A prospective randomized trial of immobilization compared with early motion

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-19

  Keener, Jay D ^a   Galatz, Leesa M ^a   Stobbs Cucchi, Georgia ^a   Patton, Rebecca ^a   Yamaguchi, Ken ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURY;

ARTHROSCOPY; EARLY AMBULATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84894340860     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.00034     Document Type: Review

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