A 23-year-old male presented to an orthopedics clinic with right shoulder pain and weakness that had begun after falling onto an outstretched hand during a hockey game 1 year earlier. When we examined ...

In this case, a PS tendon transfer was indicated and we elected to use a lower trapezius tendon transfer. The fibers of the lower trapezius run parallel to the infraspinatus, making it an ...

Rotator cuff injury can be a tendinitis, a strain, or a tear of the rotator cuff muscles. The rotator cuff is made up of four tendons that fuse to surround the shoulder joint.

Published results showed delaminated rotator cuff tears had significantly greater tendon retraction and a higher amount of fatty muscle infiltration of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus. Philipp ...

Background Infraspinatus syndrome is a condition of painless weakness and atrophy of the infraspinatus muscle that results from suprascapular neuropathy. Objectives Survey the effects of a short term ...

Background The isolated atrophy of the infraspinatus muscle is an uncommon clinical alteration, generally secondary to the selective lesion of the suprascapular nerve related to sport activities, ...