Prevalence and predisposing factors of neuropathic pain in patients with rotator cuff tears.

Background: The management of pain in patients with rotator cuff tears can be challenging. Neuropathic pain is reportedly associated with pain occurrence in musculoskeletal diseases. However, to date, few studies have reported on the prevalence of neuropathic pain in patients with rotator cuff tears or identified the factors associated with neuropathic pain in a multicenter study.

Stump classification was correlated with retear in the suture-bridge and double-row repair techniques for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Purpose: The Stump classification is significantly correlated with a retear after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. However, no study has evaluated whether or not the stump classification is correlated with retear in the suture-bridge or double-row repair techniques. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between a retear and the stump classification in the suture-bridge and double-row repair techniques.

Evaluation of humeral head cartilage using magnetic resonance imaging T1 rho mapping for patients with small-to-medium rotator cuff tears: A pilot study.

Background: It is unclear whether smaller rotator cuff tears cause cartilage degeneration. This study was designed to detect early humeral head cartilage degeneration in patients with small-to-medium cuff tears using magnetic-resonance-imaging T1 rho mapping.

Methods: Five male and 5 female volunteers without shoulder symptoms (control group) and 5 male and 5 female patients with small-to-medium (<3 cm) rotator cuff tears underwent 3.

Recovery of Wrist Function after Volar Locking Plate Fixation for Distal Radius Fractures.

Background: The purpose of our present study was to examine the recovery of the postoperative wrist function, and to compare the range of motion among each direction ofthe wrist joint during the same time periods after surgery for distal radius fractures.

Methods: Twenty patients treated with a volar locking plate were evaluated. The active range of motion and grip strength were assessed at four weeks, six weeks, three months, six months and one year after surgery.