With proper treatment, partial tears ... and can't heal itself without surgical help. The supraspinatus tendon is the most common to tear, but any of the four tendons may tear.

RCR—patients with a full thickness rotator cuff tear undergoing rotator cuff repair surgery. Biopsies of the supraspinatus tendon were taken on the day of intervention, prior to treatment, and ...

Introduction Studies suggest that women have worse treatment outcome than men after acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR). Few studies have assessed the influence of age and comorbidity on treatment ...