Publications by authors named "Julie M McBirnie"
Background: Golf is a popular sport involving overhead activity and engagement of the rotator cuff (RC). This study aimed to determine to what level golfers were able to return to golf following RC repair, the barriers to them returning to golf and factors associated with their failure to return to golf.
Methods: Patients preoperatively identifying as golfers undergoing RC repair at the study centre from 2012 to 2020 were retrospectively followed up with to assess their golf-playing status, performance and frequency of play and functional and quality of life (QoL) outcomes.
Background: There is a paucity of studies comparing patient-reported outcomes of arthroscopic massive rotator cuff repairs against non-massive rotator cuff repairs. The aim of this study is to assess the Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire and Oxford Shoulder Score at a minimum of one-year follow-up according to the size of the rotator cuff tear.
Methods: A retrospective case-control study was undertaken.
Purpose: To conduct a prospective randomized controlled trial to assess whether arthroscopic bursectomy and debridement of the calcific deposit, with or without subacromial decompression, influences the functional outcome of patients with calcific tendonitis.
Methods: During a 4-year period, 80 patients were recruited who presented to the study center with refractory calcific tendonitis of the shoulder. Forty patients were randomized to have a subacromial decompression, and 40 were randomized not to have a subacromial decompression in combination with bursectomy and arthroscopic removal of the calcific deposit.
Subacromial impingement syndrome in a patient with hereditary multiple exostosis: a case report.
BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil
October 2013
Background: Hereditary multiple exostosis (HME) is characterised by multiple osteochondromas that are distributed throughout the skeleton, invariably involving the shoulder girdle. Tumours within the subacromial space can cause secondary irritation of the rotator cuff and result in subacromial impingement syndrome.
Case Presentation: We describe a 19 year old female patient with HME who presented with subacromial impingement syndrome secondary to a benign exostosis originating from the spine of the scapular and projecting into the subacromial space.
Management of degenerative rotator cuff tears: a review and treatment strategy.
Sports Med Arthrosc Rehabil Ther Technol
December 2012
Article Synopsis
- The review talks about degenerative rotator cuff tears, which are common and cause pain and problems with shoulder movement.
- It discusses whether these tears should be treated without surgery or with surgery, and there’s debate on the best way to fix them if surgery is needed.
- The authors also share information on how often these tears happen, how they progress, and their own preferred methods for treating them.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of bioabsorbable tacks (Suretac; Smith & Nephew Endoscopy, Mansfield, MA) for the arthroscopic repair of full-thickness rotator cuff tears.
Type Of Study: Prospective case series.
Methods: A prospective clinical review was performed on 53 patients (38 men, 15 women) with full-thickness rotator cuff tears repaired arthroscopically using bioabsorbable tacks.