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Easily missed: Acute rotator cuff tears

Abstract:
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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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
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Publisher:
BMJ Publishing Group
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BMJ More from this journal
Publication date:
2017-11-01
Acceptance date:
2017-11-10
EISSN:
1756-1833
ISSN:
0959-8138


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pubs:747107
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uuid:a54ea52f-0f85-48a3-8255-c87e8d39f2e8
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pubs:747107
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747107
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2017-11-21
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