The prevalence of rotator cuff tears: Is the contralateral shoulder at risk?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 826-830

  Liem, Dennis ^a   Buschmann, Vera Elisa ^a   Schmidt, Carolin ^a   Gosheger, Georg ^a   Vogler, Tim ^a   Schulte, Tobias L ^a   Balke, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

asymptomatic; contralateral shoulder; prevalence; rotator cuff tear; shoulder function; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTRALATERAL SHOULDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; RUPTURE; SHOULDER FUNCTION; SHOULDER PAIN; ULTRASOUND;

ASYMPTOMATIC; CONTRALATERAL SHOULDER; PREVALENCE; ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; SHOULDER FUNCTION; ULTRASOUND;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 84898958774     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513519324     Document Type: Article

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