Over 500,000 surgeries are performed every year in the US to repair rotator cuff injuries, but a significant number of these ...

He fell awkwardly and it was thought he had dislocated his shoulder. A subsequent X-ray revealed he had, in fact, broken his acromion, a small bone on the edge of the shoulder blade. Charles had yet ...

Royal protection officers, who were riding with Charles in the Meynell Hunt, drove him to a nearby hospital - where an X-ray ...

"Surgical repair or reconstruction of the damaged rotator cuff tendon is typically accompanied by decompression of the subacromial space by debriding the overlying bone (acromion) and removing the ...

Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous rotator cuff and subacromial bursa are extremely common and are a principal cause of pain and suffering.

Introduction Neck pain (NP) is a common condition that can be effectively treated by acupuncture. However, several treatment point prescriptions (ie, local acupoints, distal acupoints, and sensitised ...

Introduction The carbohydrate ‘fuel’ metabolism in a pregnant woman may have a long-term impact on the development of her offspring (‘fuel-mediated teratogenesis’ hypothesis) including in utero ...