enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Rotator cuff tear - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotator_cuff_tear

    Adults over the age of 60 are more susceptible to a rotator cuff tear, with the overall frequency of tears increasing with age. [92] By the age of 50 10% of people with normal shoulders have a rotator cuff tear. [93] In an autopsy study of rotator cuff tears, the incidence of partial tears was 28%, and of complete rupture 30%.

  3. Shoulder replacement - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_replacement

    X-ray of a shoulder prosthesis. ICD-9-CM. 81.80 - 81.81. MedlinePlus. 007387. [ edit on Wikidata] Shoulder replacement is a surgical procedure in which all or part of the glenohumeral joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant. Such joint replacement surgery generally is conducted to relieve arthritis pain or fix severe physical joint damage.

  4. Shoulder surgery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_surgery

    Shoulder surgery. ICD-9-CM. 81.80 - 81.83, 81.23. [edit on Wikidata] Shoulder surgery is a means of treating injured shoulders. Many surgeries have been developed to repair the muscles, connective tissue, or damaged joints that can arise from traumatic or overuse injuries to the shoulder.

  5. Shoulder impingement syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_impingement_syndrome

    Specialty. Orthopedics, sports medicine. Shoulder impingement syndrome is a syndrome involving tendonitis (inflammation of tendons) of the rotator cuff muscles as they pass through the subacromial space, the passage beneath the acromion. It is particularly associated with tendonitis of the supraspinatus muscle. [ 1 ]

  6. Rotator cuff - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotator_cuff

    Biceps muscle. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the human shoulder and allow for its extensive range of motion. Of the seven scapulohumeral muscles, four make up the rotator cuff. The four muscles are: supraspinatus muscle. infraspinatus muscle. teres minor muscle.

  7. Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive_capsulitis_of_the...

    2 to 5% [1] Adhesive capsulitis (AC), also known as frozen shoulder, is a condition associated with shoulder pain and stiffness. [1] It is a common shoulder ailment that is marked by pain and a loss of range of motion, particularly in external rotation. [3] There is a loss of the ability to move the shoulder, both voluntarily and by others, in ...

  8. Arthroscopy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthroscopy

    Arthroscopy is commonly used for treatment of diseases of the shoulder including subacromial impingement, acromioclavicular osteoarthritis, rotator cuff tears, frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis), chronic tendonitis, removal of loose bodies and partial tears of the long biceps tendon, SLAP lesions and shoulder instability. The most common ...

  9. Dislocated shoulder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dislocated_shoulder

    24 per 100,000 per year (US) [1] Anterior shoulder dislocation while carrying a frail elder. A dislocated shoulder is a condition in which the head of the humerus is detached from the glenoid fossa. [2] Symptoms include shoulder pain and instability. [2] Complications may include a Bankart lesion, Hill-Sachs lesion, rotator cuff tear, or injury ...