Shoulder activity level is not associated with the severity of symptomatic, atraumatic rotator cuff tears in patients electing nonoperative treatment

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1150-1154

  Brophy, Robert H ^a   Dunn, Warren R ^b   Kuhn, John E ^b   Baumgarten, Keith M ^c   Bishop, Julie ^c   Carey, James L ^c   Holloway, Brian G ^c   Jones, Grant L ^c   Ma, Benjamin C ^c   Marx, Robert G ^c   McCarty, Eric C ^c   Poddar, Souray K ^c   Smith, Matthew V ^c   Spencer, Edwin E ^c   Vidal, Armando F ^c   Wolf, Brian R ^c   Wright, Rick W ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

activity level; rotator cuff tear; shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVEL; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITY LEVEL; ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; SHOULDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT; SPORTS;

EID: 84900415344     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514526854     Document Type: Article

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