The critical shoulder angle is associated with rotator cuff tears and shoulder osteoarthritis and is better assessed with radiographs over MRI

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2244-2251

  Spiegl, Ulrich J ^a   Horan, Marilee P ^a   Smith, Sean W ^a   Ho, Charles P ^a,b   Millett, Peter J ^a,b  

^a STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical shoulder angle; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis; Rotator cuff tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 84961291955     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-015-3587-7     Document Type: Article

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