ArticleMuscles, ligaments and tendons journal2014
Epidemiology of the rotator cuff tears: a new incidence related to thyroid disease.
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- Pooled it
- Management of irreparable massive rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient-reported outcomes, reoperation rates, and treatment response.Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery · 2020Pooled it
- The effects of hyperlipidemia on rotator cuff diseases: a systematic review.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2018Pooled it
- Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes of Bioinductive Collagen Implant Augmentation in Sugaya Type III Rotator Cuff Retears.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Clinical and Radiographic Factors Associated With Rotator Cuff Tears: A Case-Control Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- Prevalence and occupational risk of hip osteoarthritis and rotator cuff lesions - claims data analysis.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2026Article
- Hypogonadism is associated with worse outcomes in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.JSES international · 2025Article
- Preoperative nutritional status and obesity are associated with muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration in degenerative rotator cuff tears.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Shear wave elastography of the supraspinatus tendon with early degeneration in asymptomatic type II diabetes mellitus patients: a multicenter study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Efficacy and safety of xenograft augmentation in rotator cuff repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2025Review
- Examining the Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Rotator Cuff Tears: A Retrospective Comparative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Establishment and validation of a screening and risk predication model for rotator cuff tear and shoulder stiffness.Annals of joint · 2025Article
- Causal Relationships Between 4 Exposure Factors and Rotator Cuff Syndrome Using Mendelian Randomization Analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
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- Factors associated with long head of the biceps tendon tear severity and predictive insights for grade II tears in rotator cuff surgery.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2024Article
- Current Understanding and New Advances in the Surgical Management of Reparable Rotator Cuff Tears: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Hyaluronic Acid Alleviates Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Human Tenocytes via Caspase 3 and 7.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundin the last years the incidence of rotator cuff tears increased and one main cause still waiting to be clarified. Receptors for thyroid hormones in rotator cuff tendons suggest possible effects on tendons metabolism and status. We undertook a retrospective, observational cohort study of 441 patients who underwent arthroscopic and mini-open repair for non traumatic degenerative rotator cuff tears.
methodsall the patients, predominantly females (63%), were interview to assess the relationship (frequency for class age "20 yrs" and factor analysis) between lesions of the rotator cuff with the following variables: gender, thyroid disease, smoker, taking medications for diabetes, hypertension or high cholesterol; presence of associated conditions (diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia).
resultsthyroid disease is highly frequently (until 63% for 60<80 yrs) in females group independent to the age. Conversely, males showed a high frequency for smoker 37<62% until 80 yrs and 50% hypercholesterolemia over 80 yrs for the clinical variable studied.
conclusionsthis is the first clinical report that shown a relationship between thyroid pathologies and non-traumatic rotator cuff tear as increased risk factors.
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