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The tendons of the shoulder muscles that form a sleeve-like structure surrounding the joint. Pain and tenderness from injury or inflammation is referred to as rotator cuff syndrome.
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| rotator cuff |
A structure around the shoulder-joint capsule composed of intermingled muscle and tendon fibers. The rotator cuff provides stability and strength to the shoulder joint.
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| rotator cuff |
four intrinsic muscles of the shoulder responsible for arm rotation and keeping the humerus in the glenoid fossa. S
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| rotator cuff |
Comprised of four muscles in the shoulder area that can be irritated by overuse. The muscles are the supraspinatus (most commonly injured), infra-spinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis.
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| rotator cuff tendonitis |
A common cause of shoulder pain, thought to be due to inflammation of the intrinsic tendons of the shoulder, esp. that of the supraspinatus. The onset usually follows injury or overuse during activities involving repeated
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