Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 502-506 , November 2000

Rotator cuff repair tension as a determinant of functional outcome

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☆ Reprint requests: Philip A. Davidson, MD, and Dennis W. Rivenburgh, PA-C, ATC, Tampa Bay Orthopaedic Specialists, 4000 Park Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33709.

☆☆ J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2000;9:502-6

PII: S1058-2746(00)50455-8

doi: 10.1067/mse.2000.109385

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 502-506 , November 2000

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