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

Dr. Will Van der Reis, orthopedic surgery and sports medicine physician at the Queen’s Medical Center-West O’ahu explained ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles ...

Significant advancement in the basic science research in the areas of anatomy and biomechanics of the human shoulder has led to the identification of multiple types of impingement, as well as other ...

Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous rotator cuff and subacromial bursa are extremely ... The development of these osteophytes may depend on load and ...

Conversely, a condition affecting your upper arm may be felt around your shoulder. Problems with the rotator cuff are a common cause of this type of pain. Many of these issues are also the cause ...

This article outlines the surgical management of the most common painful conditions that affect the shoulder, including impingement, rotator cuff tear, frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid ...

Although there can be several origins of pain that presents itself in the front, back and/or side of the shoulder, the primary culprit is inflammation and/or structural injury of the rotator cuff.

Acromioclavicular joint (Figure 5a) and GHJ pathology were the most common x-ray findings (both 17%) and calcification involving the rotator cuff was ... in the anterior shoulder region on axial ...