a rotator cuff muscle strain is sometimes associated with an acute rotator cuff tendon tear. The most commonly torn structure in the rotator cuff is the supraspinatus tendon. But tears can occur in ...

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Rotator cuff tears most commonly involve the top rotator cuff tendon, called the supraspinatus, but any (or all) of the rotator cuff’s four tendons may be torn. In addition, there’s a small, ...

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Tears were the most common pathology affecting supraspinatus accounting for 52% of all supraspinatus pathology and intrasubstance tears were the most common type of tear accounting for 51% of all ...

This review proposes a model to describe the continuum of the rotator cuff pathology from asymptomatic tendon through full thickness rotator cuff tears. Conclusions The pathoaetiology of rotator cuff ...

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