A rotator cuff tear is marked by damage to one (or more) of the four tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint. Warning signs of a torn rotator cuff are typically felt in the shoulder area.

There are four muscles that make up the “rotator cuff” of the shoulder. The four muscles work together to move the shoulder ...

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

The majority of participants provided vivid descriptions regarding how rotator cuff tears, particularly experienced pain, had profound adverse emotional impact upon their lives: "it (shoulder ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Michael L. Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active ...

Supraspinatus was the most frequently affected component of the rotator cuff (85% of all rotator cuff pathology) and tears were the ... deposits in the anterior shoulder region on axial x-ray ...

Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous ... to describe the continuum of the rotator cuff pathology from asymptomatic tendon through full thickness ...

These roles include providing synchronous scapular rotation during humeral motion, serving as a stable base for rotator cuff activation ... when the anatomy around the shoulder is uncompromised. The ...

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.