This is the joint between the clavicle, or shoulder bone, and part of the shoulder blade known as the acromion. AC joint pain mainly affects the top of the shoulder but may radiate to the side of ...

The specific part of the scapula, adjacent to the clavicle, is called the acromion, hence the name AC joint. This is in contrast to the glenohumeral joint, the man "ball and socket" shoulder joint.

"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 ...

Patients' and clinicians' perspectives towards primary care consultations for shoulder pain: qualitative findings from the Prognostic and Diagnostic Assessment of the Shoulder (PANDA-S) programme.

A third portal was made approximately 2 cm lateral to the lateral border of the acromion. Any shaving and decompressive work was done through the lateral portal. After an adequate bursectomy was ...

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

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 another fall from his horse in August 2001 following a goalmouth ...