What is the supraspinatus tendon? The supraspinatus muscle runs along the top of the shoulder blade and inserts via the tendon at the top of the arm (humerus bone). This muscle is used to lift the ...

Shoulder pain may keep your clinic full, but it’s also keeping hospital CFOs up at night. With more than 460,000 rotator cuff ...

Tears of the supraspinatus tendon are referred to as “full-thickness,” meaning that greater than 50 percent of the fibers that comprise the tendon are ruptured, or “partial-thickness ...

The number of proliferating tendon cells was higher in the partially torn supraspinatus than in the matched or reference subscapularis tendons. Discussion The presence of increased apoptosis and p53 ...

While researchers of this study found patients with small- to medium-sized rotator cuff tears who had complete supraspinatus tendon disruption had larger tears and more advanced muscle ...

Introduction Loading leads to multiple changes in tendon morphological and mechanical properties, which can be altered in tendinopathy. Reductions in tendon thickness are generally reported after ...

The study provides new evidence that early surgery for supraspinatus tears can improve long-term outcomes by preventing later rotator cuff muscle degeneration.

Results showed the mean total thickness of the supraspinatus tendon increased by 12.5% for medium tears and by 17.1% for large tears between baseline and 2-year follow-up. Researchers found 11.5% ...

This article compares tenotomy and tenodesis for treating lesions of the long head of the biceps brachii tendon. Is either technique superior?