The influence of preoperative external rotation weakness or stiffness on reverse total shoulder arthroplasty

Background: Some reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) patients may have limited preoperative external rotation (ER) because of stiffness or weakness. Currently it is not known if this affects their clinical outcome or if their ER will improve after surgery. Methods: A multicenter shoulder arth...

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Main Authors: Brad Carofino, MD, Howard Routman, MD, Chris Roche, MS, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:JSES International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266663832030027X