Easily missed: Acute rotator cuff tears
A 45-year-old woman falls on ice and injures her shoulder. Assessment at her local hospital reveals bruising only and no bony injury on plain radiographs. Despite ongoing reassurance and participation in a physiotherapy programme for three months, she continues to complain of pain, weakness and inab...
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2017
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| author | Craig, R Holt, T Rees, J |
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| description | A 45-year-old woman falls on ice and injures her shoulder. Assessment at her local hospital reveals bruising only and no bony injury on plain radiographs. Despite ongoing reassurance and participation in a physiotherapy programme for three months, she continues to complain of pain, weakness and inability to raise her arm. Eventually she is referred to a specialist shoulder clinic where an ultrasound scan confirms she suffered an acute full thickness tear of her supraspinatus tendon. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a54ea52f-0f85-48a3-8255-c87e8d39f2e82022-03-27T02:39:35ZEasily missed: Acute rotator cuff tearsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a54ea52f-0f85-48a3-8255-c87e8d39f2e8Symplectic Elements at OxfordBMJ Publishing Group2017Craig, RHolt, TRees, JA 45-year-old woman falls on ice and injures her shoulder. Assessment at her local hospital reveals bruising only and no bony injury on plain radiographs. Despite ongoing reassurance and participation in a physiotherapy programme for three months, she continues to complain of pain, weakness and inability to raise her arm. Eventually she is referred to a specialist shoulder clinic where an ultrasound scan confirms she suffered an acute full thickness tear of her supraspinatus tendon. |
| spellingShingle | Craig, R Holt, T Rees, J Easily missed: Acute rotator cuff tears |
| title | Easily missed: Acute rotator cuff tears |
| title_full | Easily missed: Acute rotator cuff tears |
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| title_short | Easily missed: Acute rotator cuff tears |
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