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Rotator cuff tear

MedGen UID:
1757602
Concept ID:
C5399759
Finding
Synonyms: Rotator Cuff Tear; Rotator Cuff Tears; Tear, Rotator Cuff; Tears, Rotator Cuff
SNOMED CT: Rupture of rotator cuff of shoulder (926335004); Rotator cuff tear (926335004); Rotator cuff rupture (926335004)
 
HPO: HP:0032201

Definition

The term rotator cuff describes the tendons connecting the infraspinatus, supraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis muscles to the humeral head.Traumatic tears of the rotator cuff tend to occur at the tendon-bone junction of the supraspinatus and greater tuberosity of the humerus whereas degenerative tears tend to be seen posteriorly at the junction of the supraspinatus and infraspinatu A rotator cuff tear is when one or more of these tendons tears or detaches from the humerus. [from HPO]

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  • CROGVRotator cuff tear

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Lafrance S, Charron M, Roy JS, Dyer JO, Frémont P, Dionne CE, Macdermid JC, Tousignant M, Rochette A, Doiron-Cadrin P, Lowry V, Bureau N, Lamontagne M, Sandman E, Coutu MF, Lavigne P, Desmeules F
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2022 Oct;52(10):647-664. Epub 2022 Jul 26 doi: 10.2519/jospt.2022.11306. PMID: 35881707
Oh JH, Park MS, Rhee SM
Clin Orthop Surg 2018 Jun;10(2):119-134. Epub 2018 May 18 doi: 10.4055/cios.2018.10.2.119. PMID: 29854334Free PMC Article
Ryösä A, Laimi K, Äärimaa V, Lehtimäki K, Kukkonen J, Saltychev M
Disabil Rehabil 2017 Jul;39(14):1357-1363. Epub 2016 Jul 6 doi: 10.1080/09638288.2016.1198431. PMID: 27385156

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Franceschi F, Giovannetti de Sanctis E, Gupta A, Athwal GS, Di Giacomo G
J ISAKOS 2023 Oct;8(5):306-317. Epub 2023 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jisako.2023.05.007. PMID: 37301479
Narvani AA, Imam MA, Godenèche A, Calvo E, Corbett S, Wallace AL, Itoi E
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2020 Apr;102(4):248-255. Epub 2020 Jan 3 doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0173. PMID: 31896272Free PMC Article
Ryösä A, Laimi K, Äärimaa V, Lehtimäki K, Kukkonen J, Saltychev M
Disabil Rehabil 2017 Jul;39(14):1357-1363. Epub 2016 Jul 6 doi: 10.1080/09638288.2016.1198431. PMID: 27385156
Gombera MM, Sekiya JK
Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 Aug;472(8):2448-56. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3290-2. PMID: 24043432Free PMC Article
Yamamoto A, Takagishi K, Osawa T, Yanagawa T, Nakajima D, Shitara H, Kobayashi T
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2010 Jan;19(1):116-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.04.006. PMID: 19540777

Diagnosis

McCrum E
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 2020 May;28(2):165-179. Epub 2020 Feb 19 doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2019.12.002. PMID: 32241656
Cibulas A, Leyva A, Cibulas G 2nd, Foss M, Boron A, Dennison J, Gutterman B, Kani K, Porrino J, Bancroft LW, Scherer K
Radiol Clin North Am 2019 Sep;57(5):883-896. Epub 2019 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.03.004. PMID: 31351539
Gismervik SØ, Drogset JO, Granviken F, Rø M, Leivseth G
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2017 Jan 25;18(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12891-017-1400-0. PMID: 28122541Free PMC Article
Clavert P, Thomazeau H
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2014 Dec;100(8 Suppl):S409-11. Epub 2014 Oct 25 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2014.10.002. PMID: 25454727
Gombera MM, Sekiya JK
Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 Aug;472(8):2448-56. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3290-2. PMID: 24043432Free PMC Article

Therapy

Longo UG, Risi Ambrogioni L, Candela V, Berton A, Carnevale A, Schena E, Denaro V
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2021 Jan 8;22(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03872-4. PMID: 33419401Free PMC Article
Narvani AA, Imam MA, Godenèche A, Calvo E, Corbett S, Wallace AL, Itoi E
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2020 Apr;102(4):248-255. Epub 2020 Jan 3 doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0173. PMID: 31896272Free PMC Article
Gismervik SØ, Drogset JO, Granviken F, Rø M, Leivseth G
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2017 Jan 25;18(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12891-017-1400-0. PMID: 28122541Free PMC Article
Ryösä A, Laimi K, Äärimaa V, Lehtimäki K, Kukkonen J, Saltychev M
Disabil Rehabil 2017 Jul;39(14):1357-1363. Epub 2016 Jul 6 doi: 10.1080/09638288.2016.1198431. PMID: 27385156
Page MJ, Green S, McBain B, Surace SJ, Deitch J, Lyttle N, Mrocki MA, Buchbinder R
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Jun 10;2016(6):CD012224. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012224. PMID: 27283590Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Lee KJ, Kim YT, Choi M, Kim SH
Bone Joint J 2022 Mar;104-B(3):394-400. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.104B3.BJJ-2021-1468.R1. PMID: 35227097
Schmidt CC, Jarrett CD, Brown BT
J Hand Surg Am 2015 Feb;40(2):399-408. Epub 2015 Jan 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.06.122. PMID: 25557775
Kuhn JE, Dunn WR, Sanders R, An Q, Baumgarten KM, Bishop JY, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Holloway BG, Jones GL, Ma CB, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Poddar SK, Smith MV, Spencer EE, Vidal AF, Wolf BR, Wright RW; MOON Shoulder Group
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2013 Oct;22(10):1371-9. Epub 2013 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2013.01.026. PMID: 23540577Free PMC Article
Lee BG, Cho NS, Rhee YG
Arthroscopy 2012 Jan;28(1):34-42. Epub 2011 Oct 20 doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.07.012. PMID: 22014477
Lubowitz JH, Poehling GG
Arthroscopy 2008 Jul;24(7):741-2. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.05.009. PMID: 18589260

Clinical prediction guides

Shepet KH, Liechti DJ, Kuhn JE
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2021 Jun;30(6):1431-1444. Epub 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2020.11.002. PMID: 33276163
Huang DG, Wu YL, Chen PF, Xia CL, Lin ZJ, Song JQ
Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 May;99(18):e20027. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000020027. PMID: 32358381Free PMC Article
Kwon J, Kim SH, Lee YH, Kim TI, Oh JH
Am J Sports Med 2019 Jan;47(1):173-180. Epub 2018 Nov 28 doi: 10.1177/0363546518810763. PMID: 30485753
Ryösä A, Laimi K, Äärimaa V, Lehtimäki K, Kukkonen J, Saltychev M
Disabil Rehabil 2017 Jul;39(14):1357-1363. Epub 2016 Jul 6 doi: 10.1080/09638288.2016.1198431. PMID: 27385156
Kuhn JE, Dunn WR, Sanders R, An Q, Baumgarten KM, Bishop JY, Brophy RH, Carey JL, Holloway BG, Jones GL, Ma CB, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Poddar SK, Smith MV, Spencer EE, Vidal AF, Wolf BR, Wright RW; MOON Shoulder Group
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2013 Oct;22(10):1371-9. Epub 2013 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2013.01.026. PMID: 23540577Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Lapner P, Henry P, Athwal GS, Moktar J, McNeil D, MacDonald P; Canadian Shoulder and Elbow Society
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2022 Mar;31(3):e120-e129. Epub 2021 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2021.11.002. PMID: 34906681
Longo UG, Risi Ambrogioni L, Candela V, Berton A, Carnevale A, Schena E, Denaro V
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2021 Jan 8;22(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03872-4. PMID: 33419401Free PMC Article
Gismervik SØ, Drogset JO, Granviken F, Rø M, Leivseth G
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2017 Jan 25;18(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12891-017-1400-0. PMID: 28122541Free PMC Article
Page MJ, Green S, McBain B, Surace SJ, Deitch J, Lyttle N, Mrocki MA, Buchbinder R
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Jun 10;2016(6):CD012224. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012224. PMID: 27283590Free PMC Article
Gombera MM, Sekiya JK
Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 Aug;472(8):2448-56. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3290-2. PMID: 24043432Free PMC Article

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