The distal biceps tendon can tear, preventing the transmission of forces from the muscle to the forearm bones. While it can happen from repetitive injury in athletes, it more commonly results from ...

One injury common to water sports is distal biceps tendon tears. Distal bicep tendon tears typically result from an eccentric contraction of the biceps.

Distal biceps tendon ruptures are injuries that occur when the tendon connecting the biceps muscle to the elbow tears away from the bone. This type of injury is often seen in middle-aged men and ...

CHICAGO – Patients on statins have a two-fold risk of developing spontaneous distal biceps tendon ruptures, according to a presenter at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2012 ...

SANADA is taking some time to heal. In a post on Instagram, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA revealed that he had been dealing with a distal biceps tendon tear. The injury occurred during ...

Repairing distal biceps tendon ruptures using suture anchors inserted through a single anterior incision appears to yield clinically objective and functional results that are comparable to ...

Currently, the strongest way to repair the distal biceps tendon is with an ‘endobutton’ type device, which is a 4×12 mm piece of metal with holes in it. The end of the biceps tendon is ...

(HealthDay)—Rupture of the distal biceps tendon (RBT) in a patient with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction should raise suspicion for wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt ...

Introduction The biceps brachii muscle is the primary forearm supinator and a secondary elbow flexor. The pathophysiology of distal tendon ruptures is still unclear. Patients with chronic rupture ...

The distal biceps tendon originates from the biceps muscle, which is the most superficial muscle of the anterior arm, courses deep to the antecubital fossa, and inserts on the radial tuberosity ...