Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including ... If the applied load exceeds the physiological capacity of the rotator cuff, the effect may be tendon upregulation. The first ...

Background Narrowing of the subacromial space has been noted as a common feature of rotator cuff (RC) tendinopathy. It has been implicated in the development ... There was strong evidence for the ...

Background Shoulder pain is a common health ... media thickness with shoulder pain and chronic (>3 months) rotator cuff tendinitis. Methods In this cross-sectional study, the target population ...

Chronic rotator cuff tendinitis (tendinopathy ... none (0 grams of alcohol), light, moderate, or heavy. We defined the three latter categories using distribution based cut points.