2013 Neer Award: predictors of failure of nonoperative treatment of chronic, symptomatic, full-thickness rotator cuff tears

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1303-1311

  Dunn, Warren R ^a   Kuhn, John E ^b   Sanders, Rosemary ^b   An, Qi ^b   Baumgarten, Keith M ^c   Bishop, Julie Y ^d   Brophy, Robert H ^e   Carey, James L ^f   Harrell, Frank ^b   Holloway, Brian G ^g   Jones, Grant L ^d   Ma, C Benjamin ^h   Marx, Robert G ⁱ   McCarty, Eric C ^j   Poddar, Sourav K ^j   Smith, Matthew V ^e   Spencer, Edwin E ^g   Vidal, Armando F ^j   Wolf, Brian R ^k   Wright, Rick W ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^l WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

activity level; Atraumatic rotator cuff tear; nonoperative treatment; outcomes; patient expectations; prognosis study; prospective cohort; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 85016660955     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.030     Document Type: Article

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