I recommend you see an orthopedic surgeon for an exam and likely an MRI. If a large rotator cuff tear is diagnosed in a relatively young active individual like yourself, it will probably need to ...

Background: This study aims to compare the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and MR arthrography (MRA) for the articular-sided partial-thickness rotator cuff tear (PTRCT).

Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles ...

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 ...

It will also be observed as swelling and increased signal on MRI. A bursal reaction characterised ... tendon load management (unloading and reloading) and re-injury prevention form the basis of ...

Kim and colleagues performed a prospective, randomized controlled trial of 86 patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears of larger ... rotator cuff retear on MRI at 6-month follow-up, as ...