Effect of tear size, corticosteroids and subacromial decompression surgery on the hierarchical structural properties of torn supraspinatus tendons

Bone and Joint Research

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 252-261

  Tilley, J M R ^a   Murphy, R J ^a   Chaudhury, S ^a   Czernuszka, J T ^a   Carr, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injection; Partial tear; Structural properties; Supraspinatus tendon; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983655855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20463758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.38.2000251     Document Type: Article

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