Not every rotator cuff tear causes pain. About 2 out of 3 people with a partial rotator cuff tear are asymptomatic and may not even know they have a rotator cuff injury. Only one-third of tears ...

Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common ...

1. Please tell me all about your rotator cuff tear/shoulder? (follow up questions to find out when and and how the tear happened and obtain narrative history from participant). 2. Please tell me ...

Kim and colleagues performed a prospective, randomized controlled trial of 86 patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears of larger than 2 cm who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair ...

Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active external rotation. “It’s not a good operation for pain or if they have ...

qmul.ac.uk Objective In this study, the serum triglycerides and total serum cholesterol levels in patients with rotator cuff tear were ... for a meniscal tear and had no evidence of shoulder pathology ...

Tissues of the rotator cuff can become diseased due to overuse or injury, and can lead to: This happens when one or more of the tendons in your rotator cuff tear. Tears can be partial or complete.