LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Rotator Cuff Lesion in Wheelchair Users with Spinal Cord Injury: Does Time of Injury and Medullary Level Interfere? A Retrospective Evaluation

Abstract Objective To describe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of shoulders from patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to correlate these findings with age, duration of SCI and neurological level. Method The study sample included patients with thoracic SCI over 18 years of age, wh...

Sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography in diagnosing supraspinatus lesions: a prospective accuracy diagnostic study

Yazigi Junior, João Alberto; Nicolao, Fábio Anauate; Matsunaga, Fabio Teruo; Archetti Netto, Nicola; Matsumoto, Marcelo Hide; Tamaoki, Marcel Jun Sugawara.

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (4), 2018

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: This study was designed to define the accuracy of shoulder ultrasonography for diagnosing supraspinatus tendon tears. This examination is routinely used by orthopedists and may do away with the need for other examinations for diagnosing these tendon injuries. The aim of this study ...

Exactitud de los Datos, Imagen por Resonancia Magnética, Estudios Prospectivos, Reproducibilidad de los Resultados, Sensibilidad y Especificidad, Lesiones del Hombro/diagnóstico por imagen, Articulación del Hombro/diagnóstico por imagen, Articulación del Hombro/lesiones, Traumatismos de los Tendones/diagnóstico por imagen, Ultrasonografía

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