such as full-thickness tears, often require surgery because the supraspinatus tendon (or one of the other rotator cuff tendons) becomes detached from the humerus (upper arm bone) bone's head and ...

The aim of this study was to compare histological muscle changes in partial-thickness to full-thickness tears of the supraspinatus tendon. Methods Muscle biopsies of nine partially torn and 15 fully ...

Tears were the most common pathology affecting supraspinatus accounting for 52% of all supraspinatus pathology and intrasubstance tears were the most common type of tear accounting for 51% of all ...

The aim of this study was to characterise Mϕ signatures in samples of tendinopathic and torn human supraspinatus. We hypothesised that Mϕ signatures would exhibit diverse profiles ...