Structural integrity after rotator cuff repair does not correlate with patient function and pain: A meta-analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 265-271

  Russell, Robert D ^a   Knight, Justin R ^a   Mulligan, Edward ^a   Khazzam, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS SCORE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896291762     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.00265     Document Type: Article

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