Comparing surgical repair with conservative treatment for degenerative rotator cuff tears: Arandomized controlled trial

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1274-1281

  Lambers Heerspink, Frederik O ^a   van Raay, Jos J A M ^b   Koorevaar, Rinco C T ^c   van Eerden, Pepijn J M ^a   Westerbeek, Robin E ^c   van't Riet, Esther ^c   van den Akker Scheek, Inge ^a   Diercks, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Cuff integrity; MRI; Randomized controlled trial; Rotator cuff; Rotator cuff repair

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTANT MURLEY (SCORE); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER SURGERY; SUTURE ANCHOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937410201     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2015.05.040     Document Type: Article

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