assessments of belly-press weakness and the lift-off test, MRI findings and data on concurrent supraspinatus and biceps tendon pathology according to tear size. Overall, 16% of tears were of the ...

supraspinatus infraspinatus teres minor subscapularis A rotator cuff tear occurs when you have a tear in the body or tendon of one of these muscles. Let’s examine the tests that doctors and ...

A useful functional screening test is to have the patient place ... relatively full passive range of motion suggests supraspinatus tendon tear. If passive range of motion on lateral arm raise ...

MRI was used as a reference standard for supraspinatus tear severity ... specificity and likelihood ratios for individual tests in both assessment platforms. They subsequently compared overall ...

in the case of a supraspinatus tear) or activities that involve reaching behind the back (e.g., toileting, putting on a shirt or coat, and brushing hair). There may be weakness of the arm when ...

The journal is published in partnership with Wolters Kluwer. "Repairs of isolated supraspinatus tears maintained considerable improvement in clinical and radiographic outcomes at 10 years ...

The aim of this study was to compare histological muscle changes in partial-thickness to full-thickness tears of the supraspinatus tendon. Methods Muscle biopsies of nine partially torn and 15 fully ...

George had two surgical procedures late last spring to repair significant pathology in each of his shoulders: A repair of a partial supraspinatus tear in his right shoulder was completed in May ...