Equine non-septic tenosynovitis: A systematic literature review of site-specific pathological lesions, outcomes and surgical complications.

Background: Non-septic tenosynovitis is a clinically relevant and often performance limiting musculoskeletal injury in the horse.

Objectives: To review the published literature to determine which tendon sheaths are commonly affected by non-septic tenosynovitis and to describe the most frequently reported pathological lesions, outcomes, and surgical complications in equine non-septic tenosynovitis.

Study Design: Systematic review.

Blood Flow Restriction Training in Patients With Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Randomized, Assessor-Blinded, Controlled Trial.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of low-load blood flow restriction (BFR) training on shoulder muscle thickness, rotator cuff (RC) strength, and shoulder symptoms in patients with RC tendinopathy.

Design: A randomized, assessor-blinded, controlled trial.

Settings: Physiotherapy clinic at a university.

Biceps Pulley Lesions: Diagnostic Accuracy of Nonarthrographic Shoulder MRI and the Value of Various Diagnostic Signs.

Background: There is limited data in the literature regarding the role of nonarthrographic MRI for detecting biceps pulley (BP) lesions.

Purpose: To assess the accuracy of nonarthrographic MRI for detecting BP lesions, and to evaluate the diagnostic value of various MRI signs (superior glenohumeral ligament discontinuity/nonvisibility, long head of biceps (LHB) displacement sign or subluxation/dislocation, LHB tendinopathy, and supraspinatus and subscapularis tendon lesions) in detecting such lesions.

Study Type: Retrospective.

Shoulder ultrasound imaging in the post-stroke population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Post-stroke shoulder pain is a serious challenge for stroke survivors. The aim of this meta-analysis was to review the literature to confirm information on structural changes in post-stroke shoulders detected by ultrasound examination.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.

Ultrasonographic appearance of supraspinatus and biceps tendinopathy improves in dogs treated with low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy: a retrospective study.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether dogs with shoulder tendinopathy diagnosed via musculoskeletal ultrasound would show improvement in imaging after treatment using piezoelectric shockwave therapy and rest.

Methods: Medical records were reviewed for dogs diagnosed with biceps and/or supraspinatus tendinopathy musculoskeletal ultrasound, treated using piezowave shockwave, and re-imaged post-treatment. Data collected included patient signalment, duration and grade of lameness, prior rest, piezowave dose, and patient outcome, including a return to sport where applicable.

Prevalence of incidental distal biceps signal changes on magnetic resonance imaging.

Background: Knowledge of the base rate of signal changes consistent with distal biceps tendinopathy on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to influence strategies for diagnosis and treatment of people that present with elbow pain. The aim of this study is to measure the prevalence of distal biceps tendon signal changes on MRIs of the elbow by indication for imaging.

Methods: MRI data for 1,306 elbows were retrospectively reviewed for mention of signal change in distal biceps tendon.

Arthroscopic suprapectoral biceps tenodesis provided earlier shoulder function restoration compared with open subpectoral biceps tenodesis during the recovery phase.

Background: This study compared the clinical outcomes of open subpectoral biceps tenodesis and arthroscopic suprapectoral biceps tenodesis for symptomatic biceps tenosynovitis. Although both techniques have pros and cons, no studies have compared clinical and functional outcomes during the recovery phase. Previous studies show that suprapectoral tenodesis has a higher probability of Popeye deformity and postoperative bicipital pain and stiffness, whereas subpectoral tenodesis has a higher risk of nerve complications and wound infections.

Load-induced increase in muscle activity during 30° abduction in patients with rotator cuff tears and control subjects.

Background: Rotator cuff muscles stabilise the glenohumeral joint and contribute to the initial abduction phase with other shoulder muscles. This study aimed to determine if the load-induced increase in shoulder muscle activity during a 30° abduction test is influenced by asymptomatic or symptomatic rotator cuff pathologies.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five patients with unilateral rotator cuff tears (age, 64.

Effects of shoulder position during static stretching on shear elastic modulus of biceps brachii muscle.

Biceps brachii muscle consists of a long head (BBL) and a short head (BBS). Shortening the BBL and BBS causes tendinopathy of the intertubercular groove and coracoid process. Therefore, it is necessary to stretch the BBL and BBS separately.

Shear wave elastography correlates to degeneration and stiffness of the long head of the biceps tendon in patients undergoing tenodesis with arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

Background: Tendinopathy of the long head of the biceps (LHB) tendon causes degeneration and changes its stiffness. However, a reliable means of diagnosis has not been established. Shear wave elastography (SWE) provides quantitative tissue elasticity measurements.

Insertional biceps tendinopathy palliated successfully with intra-articular triamcinolone acetonide injection in a dog: A case report.

This report describes a dog diagnosed with insertional biceps tendinopathy that was palliated with intra-articular triamcinolone acetonide injections. The patient was a 6-year-old spayed female Chihuahua dog that had left thoracic limb lameness for 3 months before presentation. On physical examination, moderate pain was elicited by performing the biceps test and isolated full elbow extension on the left thoracic limb.

Intramuscular migration of calcium deposits into the deltoid muscle: two cases of a rare complication of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy.

Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy is a common non-traumatic shoulder pain condition that occurs predominantly in the supraspinatus tendon. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous irrigation of calcific tendinopathy (US-PICT) is a valid treatment in the resorptive phase. A complication of calcific tendinopathy is migration of calcium deposits outside the tendon.

OMERACT International Consensus for Ultrasound Definitions of Tenosynovitis in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Systematic Literature Review and Delphi Process.

Objective: Synovitis and tenosynovitis are present in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), both as joint pain and/or inflammation, making them difficult to detect on physical examination. Although ultrasonography (US) allows for discrimination of the 2 entities, only definitions and scoring of synovitis in children have been established. This study was undertaken to produce consensus-based US definitions of tenosynovitis in JIA.

Zero echo time MRI in shoulder MRI protocols for the diagnosis of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy improves identification of calcific deposits compared to conventional MR sequences but remains sub-optimal compared to radiographs.

Objective: To compare the diagnostic performance of standard MRI and standard MRI + ZTE images for the detection of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy (RCCT) and to describe the artifacts encountered with ZTE images, using computed radiography (CR) as a reference.

Methods: In a retrospective study, patients with suspicion of rotator cuff tendinopathy who underwent standard MRI + ZTE images after radiography were enrolled between June 2021 and June 2022. Images were independently analyzed for calcific deposit presence and ZTE images artifacts, by two radiologists.

The long head of biceps at the shoulder: a scoping review.

Background: This review aimed to explore the available literature to update our understanding of the long head of biceps (LHB) at the shoulder. Synthesise our findings to identify emergent themes and knowledge gaps to inform future research and management directions.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cinahl, SportDiscus, CENTRAL, and Web of Science were searched from inception to 31st December 2021.

Role of dynamic ultrasound in assessment of the snapping elbow and distal biceps tendon injury.

Introduction: Ultrasound is useful in assessing patients with snapping syndromes around the elbow joint. The dynamic nature of the examination allows for direct visualisation of the underlying causative factor. We discuss the role of dynamic ultrasound in assessing various snapping syndromes around the elbow, such as ulnar nerve instability, snapping triceps and less commonly, snapping brachialis.

Needle contact test in auricular acupuncture for shoulder pain and where effective auricular acupoints identified are positioned on the map: A controlled study.

Active Points Test on auricle was renamed Needle Contact Test (or NCT), considered an extremely effective method to select most efficient auricle acupoint for Auricular Acupuncture (or AA) therapy. Our aims were to evaluate NCT efficiency as viable diagnostic option to identify the most appropriate AA acupoints to be selected for SupraSpinatus Tendinopathy (SST) associated shoulder pain treatment and to evaluate which auricle area has greater concentration of NCT positive acupoints in subjects with SST shoulder pain, comparing results with available AA ear maps. 45 subjects with SST diagnosis were enrolled.

Surgical Treatment of Nonmineralized Supraspinatus Tendinopathy in Dogs: A Retrospective Long-Term Follow-Up.

(1) Background: two forms of supraspinatus tendinopathy (ST) have been reported in dogs: mineralized and non-mineralized. Surgical treatment consists of longitudinal incisions (splitting) in the tendon of insertion of the supraspinatus muscle. The purpose of this retrospective study is to describe the diagnostic workout, the surgical procedure and the short and long term follow up of dogs treated for non-mineralized ST.

Conservative management of distal bicipital tendinopathy with lateral antebrachial nerve entrapment: A case report.

Introduction: Kettlebell snatches are an efficient and effective exercise. If the kettlebell being utilized is too heavy or too many repetitions are executed, this can lead to an overuse injury such as a tendinopathy. Multiple orthopedic tests exist to evaluate for a distal biceps tendon rupture.

Onlay Versus Inlay Biceps Tenodesis for Long Head of Biceps Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Introduction: Proximal biceps tenodesis is a common surgical treatment of tendinosis of the long head of the biceps tendon. Two of the most common techniques incorporate onlay and inlay fixation methods, which can be done arthroscopically or open and in a variety of anatomic locations. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare the clinical outcomes between onlay versus inlay humeral fixation for biceps tenodesis for long head of the biceps tendon pathology.

Radiological and clinical evaluation of long head of biceps tendon function in the glenohumeral joint.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between biceps pathologies and radiological measurements in massive rotator cuff tears treated arthroscopically.

Patients And Methods: Between December 2015 and December 2018, a total of 145 patients (56 males, 89 females; mean age: 62.2±9.