A prospective evaluation of survivorship of asymptomatic degenerative rotator cuff tears

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 89-98

  Keener, Jay D ^a   Galatz, Leesa M ^a   Teefey, Sharlene A ^b   Middleton, William D ^b   Steger May, Karen ^a   Stobbs Cucchi, Georgia ^a   Patton, Rebecca ^a   Yamaguchi, Ken ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS SCORE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DEGENERATIVE ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SIMPLE SHOULDER TEST SCORE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; SURVIVOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; INJURIES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURY;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84921665742     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.N.00099     Document Type: Article

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