What is the prevalence of senior-athlete rotator cuff injuries and are they associated with pain and dysfunction?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2427-2432

  McMahon, Patrick J ^a,b   Prasad, Amitesh ^c   Francis, Kimberly A ^d  

^a McMahon Orthopedics and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS SCORE; ATHLETE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THICKNESS ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84904091900     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3560-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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