Older patients who dislocate their shoulder may sustain a large tear of the rotator cuff tendon when they fall. This tendon ...

On average, about 50% of functional recovery can be expected three months after arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. If it goes untreated, a smaller rotator cuff tear can grow ...

The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and their ... Minimally invasive procedure using small incisions and a camera to ...

There are three main sections: the identification and description of the symptoms caused by known rotator cuff tears, the impact that these tears had upon the lives of the participants followed by ...

Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous rotator cuff and subacromial bursa are extremely common and are a principal cause of pain and suffering ... of ...

Design: Plasma samples were obtained at 15 months from surgery from two groups of patients who underwent arthroscopic repair of a rotator cuff tear. In group 1, 30 subjects (14 men, 16 women; mean age ...

The tendons of the rotator cuff extend from four main muscles ... to these tendons diminishes due to aging, injuries, and degenerative diseases. To repair these tendons, we compress them with ...

The 23-year-old US international recently underwent successful arthroscopic surgery for a labral and rotator cuff repair in his right shoulder, sidelining him for an expected 4-5 months.