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Meyer, D C; Gerber, C; Von Rechenberg, B; Wirth, S H; Farshad, M (2011). Amplitude and strength of muscle contraction are reduced in experimental tears of the rotator cuff. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 39(7):1456-1461.
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Abstract
The current criteria (atrophy, retraction, and fatty infiltration) may help to quantify the structural reparability of a chronically retracted musculotendinous unit after rotator cuff tendon tear but may only approximately predict the remaining function of the muscle.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > Balgrist University Hospital, Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Center |
| DDC: | 610 Medicine & health |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | July 2011 |
| Deposited On: | 03 Jan 2012 17:01 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2012 06:44 |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications |
| ISSN: | 0363-5465 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1177/0363546510396305 |
| PubMed ID: | 21350068 |
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