Clinical Perspective
1. Clinical Perspective Proximal humerus fractures represent a common fall-related condition that occurs primarily in older osteoporotic individuals. Although already common, their incidence is predicted to triple over the next…
Terminology
3. Terminology The inconstancy of findings indicative of a true inflammatory process on histopathological examination prompted a suggestion to abandon the term bursitis in favor of local bursal reaction when…
Pathogenesis
2. Pathogenesis Disorders of the LHBBT are often classified as primary or secondary. Primary lesions are isolated to the LHBBT, with no associated abnormalities elsewhere in the shoulder. Secondary lesions…
Terminology
3. Terminology A consensual terminology is lacking and numerous terms are used interchangeably to describe disorders of the LHBBT, including tendinitis, tendonitis, tendinosis, tendinopathy, and tenosynovitis. When assessing the extra-articular…
Terminology
3. Terminology A number of terms are currently used to describe tendon disorders, including tendinitis, tendonitis, tendinosis, tendinopathy, calcifying tendinitis, calcic tendinopathy, calcified tendinopathy, calcareous tendinopathy, calcific tendinopathy, tendinosis calcarea,…
Pathogenesis
2. Pathogenesis French anatomist and surgeon, Jean-François Jarjavay is credited as the first to describe morbid processes of the SSB in 1867.9 Since then, histologic studies have documented that synovial…
Natural History
Figure 1-9. Spectrum of rotator cuff disease. Calcific tendinopathy probably represents two distinct entities, one emerging from preceding tendinopathy and other arising from an active cell-mediated process not related to…
Basic Science of Tendinopathy
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Anatomy and Function
1. Anatomy and Function The LHBBT consists of two different but continuous portions: the proximal is named intra-articular, while the distal is termed extra-articular. The intra-articular portion is extrasynovial, arises…
Histology and Function
1. Histology and Function Bursae are cavities found or formed in areas subject to friction and lined by synovial membrane. The synovial membrane consists of two distinct layers: the inner…
