The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and their tendons that surround the shoulder joint, providing stability and ...

What Is a Rotator Cuff Tear? A rotator cuff tear is a rip in the group of four muscles and tendons that stabilize your shoulder joint and let you lift and rotate your arms (your rotator cuff).

Our results suggest that tenocyte apoptosis results from more than one mechanism in the injured rotator cuff, including both intrinsic factors related specifically to the torn supraspinatus tendon, as ...

The rotator cuff is the group of muscles and tendons that surround the ball-and-socket shoulder joint. It is comprised of several muscles and three shoulder joint bones: the humerus, scapula, and ...

Background The rotator cuff consists of muscles and their tendons: subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus. The subscapularis tendon inserts in the lesser tuberosity of the humerus. The ...

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Takasaki General Medical Center, Takasaki, Japan. [1] A. Al-Shawi, ...