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Rotator cuff tear with joint stiffness: a review of current treatment and rehabilitation

Repair of the rotator cuff tear is a joint-tightening procedure that can worsen joint stiffness. This paradoxical phenomenon complicates treatment of rotator cuff tear with joint stiffness. As a result, there is controversy about how and when to treat joint stiffness. As many treatments have been pu...

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Autores principales: Park, Hyung-Seok, Choi, Kyung-Ho, Lee, Hyo-Jin, Kim, Yang-Soo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33330243
http://dx.doi.org/10.5397/cise.2020.00143
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Sumario:Repair of the rotator cuff tear is a joint-tightening procedure that can worsen joint stiffness. This paradoxical phenomenon complicates treatment of rotator cuff tear with joint stiffness. As a result, there is controversy about how and when to treat joint stiffness. As many treatments have been published, this review discusses the latest findings on treatment of rotator cuff tear with joint stiffness.