and colleagues randomly assigned 99 patients with full- or high-grade partial-thickness rotator cuff tears to receive either a standard anchor (n = 49) or the BioWick anchor (Zimmer Biomet ...

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

Bone marrow concentrate for treatment of rotator cuff tears ... signs of tear improvement, indicated by decreased tear severity and a conversion from a complete tear grade to a partial tear ...

Pelicans forward Herbert Jones has been diagnosed with a torn posterior labrum in his right shoulder, the team announced in a ...

and tears were the most common pathological finding in all rotator cuff components accounting for 41 of the 61 cases (67%) of rotator cuff pathology. Partial thickness tears involving the ...

[30] In his work, he mentioned the potential benefit of partial coverage of the rotator cuff defect. In the early 1990s, Burkhart [16–18] coined the term functional tear of rotator cuff to ...

You may not have heard about orthobiologics, but the regenerative medicine may be your answer to treat pain coming from your ...

Ultrasonographic acromiohumeral distances and tendon thickness will be assessed at baseline and ... clinical signs of massive rotator cuff tears as defined by presence of gross weakness in the absence ...

Cartilage is a living tissue 2 millimeters to 3 millimeters thick — about the thickness of one or two layers of cardboard ... can be present in both shoulders at the same time. Rotator cuff tear ...

A rotator cuff tear in your shoulder often requires surgery and a recovery of about six months. LSO/Getty Images Q. I am a 55-year-old skier who just returned from Colorado. Last week, I fell and ...