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	Rotator Cuff Injuries and Treatment
		The rotator cuff is a confluence of tendons that insert on the superior lateral aspect of the upper arm.
		The rotator cuff runs under a bony and ligamentous arch formed by the acromion,(the bone felt when you put your left hand on top of your right shoulder) and is bordered by the acromioclavicular ligament, the coracoid (the bone in front of the shoulder), the acromioclavicular joint (where the clavicle joins the acromion.
		The subscapularis is the anterior stabilizer of the rotator cuff and responsible for internally rotating the shoulder.
	www.stoneclinic.com /rotator_cuff.htm (1730 words)

	Shoulder Rotator Cuff Disease
		Rotator cuff “tendonitis” is the term used to describe irritation of the tendon(s) either from excessive pressure on the acromion or less commonly from intrinsic tendon pathology.
		Rotator cuff dysfunction is typically a continuum of pathology ranging from tendonitis and bursitis to partial tearing, to a complete tear in one or more of the tendons.
		Rotator cuff repair is most commonly done by an open surgical procedure, which typically requires a 2 to 4 inch incision at the top of the shoulder.
	www.orthoassociates.com /shoulderRCD.htm (1622 words)

	Rotator Cuff Injury Information on Healthline
		A rotator cuff injury is a tear or inflammation of the rotator cuff tendons in the shoulder.
		Rotator cuff tendonitis is an inflammation of the shoulder tendons while a rotator cuff tear is a ripping of one or more of the tendons.
		Rotator cuff injury may also be caused by falling on the outstretched arm or joint of the elbow.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/rotator-cuff-injury (804 words)

	Rotator Cuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The critical factor for stability is the rotator cuff, a set of four muscles and tendons attached to the margin of the humeral head.
		Rotator cuff disease encompasses a spectrum of problems which are, to a large degree, age-dependent processes.
		The rotator cuff is evaluated in the same and usual clinical manner that health care professionals use for any orthopedic condition: a history, physical exam, X-rays, and occasionally by MRI, with or without contrast injection.
	www.genufix.com /rotator_cuff.htm (1233 words)

	Rotator Cuff Tears - Orthogate - Improving orthopedic care, education and research with Internet technologies
		The rotator cuff is formed by the tendons of four muscles: the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis.
		Rotator cuff tears usually occur in areas of the tendon that had low blood supply to begin with and then were further weakened by degeneration.
		Rotator cuff tears cause pain and weakness in the affected shoulder.
	www.orthogate.org /patient-education/shoulder/rotator-cuff-tears.html (2475 words)

	Rotator Cuff
		Rotator cuff injuries are seen as a range from an impingement—a common example of a rotator cuff injury, which occurs when the shoulder blade rubs or 'impinges' on the rotator cuff when the arm is lifted—through a complete tear.
		Rotator cuff injuries are linked to limiting of movement of the shoulder and a dull ache in the upper arm and shoulder.
		Rotator cuff injuries are common in people who lift their arms a lot, especially in athletes and in workers with heavy lifting duties.
	www.dhmc.org /ortho/Shoulder/rotator_cuff.html (718 words)

	Dr. Gartsman Rotator Cuff Repair
		Rotator cuff repair is surgery that repairs a torn tendon in the shoulder (tendons connect muscle to bone).
		The rotator cuff is a grouping of muscles and tendons that form a “cuff” over the shoulder, keeping the arm in the ball-and-socket joint and helping the shoulder to rotate.
		The name of the tendon in the shoulder is the “rotator cuff tendon.” Rotator cuff tendon injuries most commonly occur due to the wear and tear associated with aging.
	www.drgartsman.com /rotator_cuff_repair/index.asp (1132 words)

	Rotator Cuff Tears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The rotator cuff is comprised of four muscles and their tendons that attach from the scapula to the humerus.
		The muscles of the rotator cuff help stabilize the shoulder and enable you to lift your arm, reach overhead, and take part in activities such as throwing, swimming and tennis.
		This type of rotator cuff tear can usually be repaired but sometimes the tear may not need to be repaired and sometimes cannot be repaired.
	www.massgeneral.org /ortho/RotatorCuffTears.htm (702 words)

	Rotator Cuff Tear
		Tear of a rotator cuff tendon of the shoulder is the most common tendon tear in the body.
		The symptoms of rotator cuff tear are often indistinguishable from rotator cuff tendinitis or impingement syndrome.
		Rotator cuff tear size is highly predictive in return to heavy lifting; especially overhead or at arms reach.
	www.sportsmedcenter.com /cufftear.htm (994 words)

	Rotator Cuff Injury, New York Personal Injury Lawyer, Work-Related Accident Attorney, Overuse
		Your rotator cuff is made up of the tendons and muscles in your shoulder, which connect the shoulder blade to the humerus (the upper arm bone).
		Rotator cuff injury symptoms may develop after a traumatic injury, such as a fall or other accident or may develop gradually with repetitive stress on the rotator cuff.
		Rotator cuff injury physical therapy is designed to heal your injury, improve rotator cuff range of motion, increase muscle flexibility, and facilitate balanced shoulder muscle strengthening.
	www.oshmanlaw.com /personal_injury/rotator_cuff_injury.html (779 words)

	Mechanisms-Rotator Cuff
		The muscles in the rotator cuff which work to rotate and depress the head of the humerus against the cartilage in the joint, or glenoid, become less efficient.
		It is important to note that two different tendons in the rotator cuff are impinged by the throwing motion, and a tear in either tendon (the subscapularis or the supraspinatus) constitutes a rotator cuff tear.
		Rotator cuff injuries are most commonly treated with physical therapy and strengthening exercises, but severe cases require surgical intervention.
	biomed.brown.edu /Courses/BI108/BI108_2004_Groups/Group01/mechRC.htm (1181 words)

	Postgraduate Medicine: Patient Notes: Rotator cuff injuries
		Rotator cuff injuries are common in older adults and people whose jobs or hobbies involve overhead lifting or reaching, such as carpenters and painters.
		Tendinitis, or inflammation of the tendons in the rotator cuff, which may be caused by repetitive stress or by calcium deposits in the cuff.
		With large tears in the rotator cuff or when bone spurs or calcium deposits cause the pain, surgery may be needed.
	www.postgradmed.com /issues/1998/07_98/pn_cuff.htm (878 words)

	Rotator Cuff
		The rotator cuff holds the ball of the humerus tightly in the socket (glenoid) of the scapula.
		Rotator cuff tears usually occur through areas of the tendon that were not normal to begin with and have been weakened by degeneration and impingement.
		Because there is a repair of the rotator cuff to protect until the tendon actually heals to bone, the patient is not allowed to move his or her own shoulder using their own muscles for the first several weeks.
	www.kwoc.net /rotatorcuff.htm (3479 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Rotator cuff repair
		Rotator cuff repair is a type of surgery to fix a torn tendon in the shoulder.
		The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that form a cuff over the shoulder.
		Rotator cuff repair can require a long recovery period, especially if the tear was large.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/007207.htm (692 words)

	Rotator Cuff Lesions
		The rotator cuff comprises a group of four muscle-tendon units that wrap around the front, top, and back of the shoulder joint.
		The rotator Cuff tendons often tear in people who are about 40 years of age or older because their tendons have been worn down slowly over time from the stresses of everyday work and activities, especially when the work or activities were done with their arms over their head.
		If your rotator cuff is inflamed and partially torn, your doctor may remove bone spurs (ligament that has turned to bone where it attached to the bone) and inflamed tissue to create a more suitable environment for the tear to heal.
	www.hughston.com /hha/a.cuff.htm (903 words)

	The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Rotator Cuff Injury
		If the rotator cuff continues to fatigue, it may no longer center the humeral head in the glenoid, and dynamic cephalad migration of the humeral head in the glenoid occurs, resulting in secondary impingement of the rotator cuff under the coracoacromial arch.
		As the subscapularis internally rotates the shoulder, the remaining rotator cuff muscles are contracting eccentrically to decelerate the arm.
		In this position, the posterior inferior aspect of the supraspinatus is impinged between the greater tuberosity of the humeral head and the posterior superior labrum, producing fraying of the posterosuperior labrum and an undersurface tear of the posterior aspect of the supraspinatus.
	www.physsportsmed.com /issues/1997/06jun/wolin.htm (4011 words)

	Rotator Cuff Injury
		The rotator cuff consists of muscles and tendons that hold the shoulder in place.
		An injury to the rotator cuff, such as a tear, may happen suddenly when falling on an outstretched hand or develop over time due to repetitive activities.
		Rotator cuff tears are also due to aging.
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/adult_spine/rotator.cfm (296 words)

	Rotator Cuff Tear - Surgery versus Rehabilitation
		Rotator cuff tears are a common source of shoulder pain.
		The incidence of rotator cuff damage increases with age and is most frequently due to degeneration of the tendon, rather than injury from sports or trauma.
		The true incidence of rotator cuff tears in the general population is hard to determine because 5 percent to 40 percent of people without shoulder pain may have a torn rotator cuff.
	orthoinfo.aaos.org /indepth/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=2&topcategory=Shoulder (2287 words)

	SCOI Presents Rotator Cuff Disease FAQs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The rotator cuff is a group of flat tendons which fuse together and surround the front, back, and top of the shoulder joint like a cuff on a shirt sleeve.
		This type of injury results from repetitive stretching of the rotator cuff during the follow-through phase of the activity.
		If the rotator cuff tendon has been completely torn, it may take six months or more before the atrophied muscles can resume their function and the range of motion of the arm is restored.
	www.scoi.com /cuffdise.htm (1746 words)

	Shoulder: Rotator Cuff Disease
		The rotator cuff is vital for maintaining shoulder joint stability and control.
		If the rotator cuff tendons have degenerated of there own accord, there is no surgical treatment that can be offered that will improve shoulder function or decrease the pain in the shoulder region.
		Under a general anaesthetic the shoulder joint and the rotator cuff can be inspected through the arthroscope and shown on a television monitor in the operating theatre.
	www.physioworks.com.au /rotator.cuff.shoulder.pain.htm (1412 words)

	Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Findings -- Alessandro Castagna, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The understanding and treatment of the pathology of the rotator cuff muscle-tendon complex is probably still the most stimulating challenge for the shoulder surgeon.
		For the experienced arthroscopist it is possible to perform a precise evaluation of the rotator cuff tears.
		Rotator cuff disorders, Baltimora:Williams and Wilkins, 1996:100 -107
	www.shoulder.com /cufffind_castagna.html (1562 words)

	Treatment Options for Painful Rotator Cuff
		The rotator cuff consists of a group of tendons and muscles that helps hold the ball in the shoulder joint socket and provides mobility and strength to the shoulder joint.
		Typically, a person with a rotator cuff injury feels pain over the deltoid muscle at the top and outer side of the shoulder, especially when the arm is raised or extended out from the side of the body.
		Rotator cuff problems are common in the older shoulder.
	healthlink.mcw.edu /article/1031002416.html (426 words)

	eMedicine - Shoulder, Rotator Cuff Injury (Ultrasonography) : Article by Geoff Hide, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR
		Rotator cuff tears overwhelmingly involve the supraspinatus tendon, with other tendons infrequently damaged unless they are part of a massive tear.
		The rotator cuff tendons are the main dynamic stabilizers of the intrinsically unstable glenohumeral joint.
		Clinical differentiation between the presence and absence of a rotator cuff tear in a patient with impingement is variable.
	www.emedicine.com /radio/topic889.htm (3287 words)

	Rotator cuff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The rotator cuff is an anatomical term given to the group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the shoulder.
		During elevation of the arm, the rotator cuff compresses the glenohumeral joint in order to allow the large deltoid muscle to further elevate the arm.
		In other words, without the rotator cuff, the humeral head would ride up partially out of the glenoid fossa and the efficiency of the deltoid muscle would be much less.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rotator_cuff (403 words)

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