Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous rotator cuff and subacromial bursa are extremely common and are a principal cause of pain and suffering.

A rotator cuff tear happens when one of the tendons in your shoulder gets hurt. Warning signs include shoulder pain and trouble lifting your arm or reaching overhead. Healing can take time.

A rotator cuff tear in your shoulder often requires surgery and ... the pain has subsided but I am unable to lift my arm out to the side or overhead. Is it unusual to remain this weak and how ...

Objective: To determine the most effective training for altering strength ratios in the shoulder rotator cuff. Results: One way analysis of variance found no differences between the groups for the ...

There are three main sections: the identification and description of the symptoms caused by known rotator cuff tears, the impact that these tears had upon the lives of the participants followed by ...

Conversely, a condition affecting your upper arm may be felt around your shoulder. Problems with the rotator cuff are a common cause of this type of pain. Many of these issues are also the cause ...

This is consistent with the early theories about rotator ... the anterior cuff (subscapularis) and the posterior cuff (infraspinatus and teres minor), the overall function of the shoulder joint ...