Background: Many approaches exist for managing rotator cuff tears. Purpose: To compare
the benefits and harms of nonoperative and operative interventions on clinically important …

Background: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is a common procedure that is gaining wide
acceptance among orthopaedic surgeons because it is less invasive than open repair …

Background: Tendon-bone healing after rotator cuff repair directly correlates with a
successful outcome. Biological therapies that elevate local growth-factor concentrations may …

Background: Rotator cuff tears are the most common tendon injury in the adult population,
resulting in substantial morbidity. The optimum management for these patients is not known …

Purpose To compare the different interventions described in the literature for the surgical
treatment of small and medium complete rotator cuff tears. Methods A systematic review of …

Prospective and cross-sectional studies have used pre-season isokinetic dynamometry
strength and endurance measurements of shoulder internal rotation (IR) and external …

Background: Surgical repair of a torn rotator cuff is based on the belief that repairing the tear
is necessary to restore normal glenohumeral joint (GHJ) mechanics and achieve a …

Background: Although athletes are mostly allowed to return to play 6 months after shoulder
stabilization surgery, there are inadequate data about their functional status during this …

Chronic tendon pathologies (eg, rotator cuff tears, Achilles tendon ruptures) are common,
painful, debilitating, and a significant source of medical expense. Treatment strategies for …

In this systematic review we assessed effectiveness of non-surgical and (post) surgical
interventions for symptomatic rotator cuff tears (RotCuffTear). The Cochrane Library …