The Diagnostic Accuracy of Special Tests for Rotator Cuff Tear: The ROW Cohort Study

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 176-183

  Jain, Nitin B ^a   Luz, Jennifer ^b,c   Higgins, Laurence D ^b   Dong, Yan ^b,d   Warner, Jon J P ^a   Matzkin, Elizabeth ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical Examination; Rotator Cuff Tear; Sensitivity; Special Tests

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84978138795     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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