Symptomatic Progression of Asymptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears

Commentary on an article by Nathan A . Mall , MD , et al . : ‘ ‘ Symptomatic Progression of Asymptomatic Rotator Cuff

The study by Mall et al. is an important, clinically relevant investigation that highlights the natural history of rotator cuff disease and specifically looks at the progression of asymptomatic tears and the factors associated with this progression. While rotator cuff disease is one of the most common orthopaedic conditions, little is known about its natural history. The purposes of this study ...

Commentary on an article by Nathan A. Mall, MD, et al.: "Symptomatic progression of asymptomatic rotator cuff tears: a prospective study of clinical and sonographic variables".

Differential patterns of muscle activation in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic rotator cuff tears.

Patients with rotator cuff tears have varying degrees of symptom expression. Our purpose was to evaluate the differential firing patterns of the rotator cuff, deltoid, and scapular stabilizer muscle groups in normal control subjects and in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic 2-tendon rotator cuff tears. Eighteen subjects were evaluated: six normal subjects and twelve with 2-tendon cuff t...

Prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic rotator cuff tears in the general population: From mass-screening in one village.

PURPOSE Rotator cuff tear is the most common shoulder disease in patients with shoulder problems, but its prevalence is not well known. METHODS We performed a health care check-up of locomotive organs in 664 residents (21.3% of the population) in one village. Ultrasonography on bilateral shoulders was performed in all the participants. RESULTS One hundred and forty seven out of 664 subjects...

MRI of symptomatic and asymptomatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Why some full-thickness rotator cuff tears are symptomatic and others are asymptomatic is not understood. By comparing MRI findings in symptomatic and asymptomatic tears, we wanted to identify any tear characteristics that differed between groups. PATIENTS AND METHODS 50 subjects with asymptomatic and 50 subjects with symptomatic full-thickness tears were examined by MR...

Muscle Activities during Shoulder Elevation Are Different in Patients with Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears: An

Introduction: Rotator cuff tear is one of the most common causes of shoulder pain and disability. It has been known that there are two groups of patients: those with symptomatic rotator cuff tears and those with asymptomatic ones. To date, the difference between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients has not been fully clarified yet. Recently, muscle activity during exercise was successfully exa...