Effect of smartphone application-supported self-rehabilitation for frozen shoulder: a prospective randomized control study.

Objectives:: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of smartphone-assisted self-rehabilitation in patients with frozen shoulder.

Design:: A single-center, randomized controlled trial.

Setting:: Orthopedic department of a university hospital.

Outcomes After Limited or Extensive Bursectomy During Rotator Cuff Repair: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of extensive bursectomy (EB) and limited bursectomy (LB) during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Methods: In the EB group (n = 39), subacromial bursae were thoroughly removed from anterior to posterior and lateral to medial. In the LB group (n = 39), bursectomy was minimized to allow torn cuff visualization and tendon repair.

Distal Pullout Strengths of the Biceps Long Head Tendon for Different Adjacent Tissue and Tendon Pathologies during Rotator Cuff Repair.

Pathologies of the long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) are frequently recognized in cases of rotator cuff tear. Recommendations for managing such pathologies remain debatable, and distal migration of tenotomized biceps is always a concern when only tenotomy is performed. Seventy patients of mean age 60.

Structural Evolution of Nonoperatively Treated High-Grade Partial-Thickness Tears of the Supraspinatus Tendon.

Background: High-grade partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (hPTRCTs) are frequently encountered in the shoulder. However, little information is available on the prevalence or timing of tear progression. Purpose/Hypothesis: The purpose was to prospectively evaluate the structural progression of hPTRCTs with a minimum follow-up of 1 year using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Evaluation of Repair Tension in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: Does It Really Matter to the Integrity of the Rotator Cuff?

Background: Repair tension of a torn rotator cuff can affect healing after repair. However, a measurement of the actual tension during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is not feasible. The relationship between repair tension and healing of a rotator cuff repair remains unclear.

Healing disturbance with suture bridge configuration repair in rabbit rotator cuff tear.

Background: Medial row failure has been reported in the suture bridge technique of rotator cuff repair. This study compared the healing response of suture bridge configuration repair (SBCR) and parallel type transosseous repair (PTR).

Methods: Acute rotator cuff repair was performed in 32 rabbits.

Short-term effects of high-intensity laser therapy on frozen shoulder: A prospective randomized control study.

Background: Frozen shoulder, which is characterized by shoulder pain and limitation of the range of motion (ROM), is a common disorder. High-intensity laser therapy (HILT) was recently introduced in the musculoskeletal therapeutic field.

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of HILT in patients with frozen shoulder.

Postoperative imaging of bioabsorbable anchors in rotator cuff repair.

Background: Bioabsorbable anchors may lead to osteolysis and cyst formation. However, the prevalence of these outcomes is not known for rotator cuff repairs.

Purpose: To evaluate cyst formation after placement of bioabsorbable anchors for rotator cuff repairs and to verify whether bioabsorbable anchors degraded as intended and preserved bone stock for possible revision compared with metal anchors.