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American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2365-2367

  Reider, Bruce ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

nonoperative treatment; physical therapy for rotator cuff tears; rotator cuff tear; surgical decision making

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84942879648     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546515607328     Document Type: Review

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