A technique for repairing rotator cuff injuries developed by University of Adelaide academics has delivered game-changing ...

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

Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active external rotation ... Pearl noted lower trapezius transfer can be performed ...

If rotator cuff muscles and tendons are severely damaged, surgery is typically needed to promote tendon-to-bone healing and restore optimal shoulder function. Approximately 40% of all rotator cuff ...

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 ...