Clarke Schmidt walked off the mound Thursday night with 103 pitches thrown and a no-hitter within reach. But Yankees manager ...

Background/aim Exercise imparts a load on tendon tissue that leads to changes in tendon properties. Studies suggest that loading immediately reduces tendon thickness, with a loss of this response in ...

Have you ever reached up to grab something from a shelf only to feel sudden shoulder pain and stiffness? It could be frozen ...

Potential etiological factors are adhesive capsulitis, decreased capsular volume, [2,3] capsular contractions, rotator interval thickening and fibrosis, and subscapularis tendon thickening.

Overall, studies have shown good clinical and surgical results. 17 – 28 In patients with a notable reduction in rotation strength, tendon transfers have the ability to restore strength while safely ...

When people tear their rotator cuff—a group of muscles and tendons that help lift and rotate the arm—they often need surgery. What the study showed about the best procedures for rotator cuff surgery.

Studies of patients with demonstrated rotator cuff tears have shown increased scapular upward rotation of some magnitude.53, 54 Also, in a large prospective study of patients with MRI proven full ...

Rotator cuff tendinitis without a cuff tear normally does not require surgery, and treatment as described above is usually enough to cure the inflammation. If pain continues after several months of ...

Purpose/introduction Over the last decades, there has been increasing interest in biological stimulation or bioaugmentation after rotator cuff repair. So far, there is no consensus on the appropriate ...

The infraspinatus facilitates external rotation (the rotation of your arm outward at the shoulder) while keeping the ball of the joint securely in the socket, especially during certain strenuous ...

1 Introduction. Rotator cuff tears (RCTs) are a leading cause of shoulder pain and significantly reduce patients’ quality of life, making them a growing global health concern ().The prevalence of RCTs ...

What are the similarities and differences between a rotator cuff tear and ... that work together to control arm movement and rotation and keep the ... return around 4 to 6 months after surgery.