Older patients who dislocate their shoulder may sustain a large tear of the rotator cuff tendon when they fall. This tendon ...

A rotator cuff tear is marked by damage to one (or more) of the four tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint. Warning signs of a torn rotator cuff are typically felt in the shoulder area.

Characteristics of shoulder instability may be identified by distinct imaging features on MRI, MR arthrography and CT, ...

This review proposes a model to describe the continuum of the rotator cuff pathology from asymptomatic tendon through full thickness rotator cuff tears. Conclusions The pathoaetiology ... and ...