ReviewCurrent reviews in musculoskeletal medicine2018
Management of Rotator Cuff Injuries in the Elite Athlete.
Review in Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Platelet-rich plasma versus corticosteroid injections in the management of patients with rotator cuff disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023Pooled it
- The Bonar Score in the Histopathological Assessment of Tendinopathy and Its Clinical Relevance-A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of BMAC-PRP augmentation on repair of large rotator cuff tears: a clinical evaluation among different age groups.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Surface-EMG Amplitude Differences Before and After Scheduled University Team Training Following a Standardized Warm-Up in Male Collegiate Volleyball Players.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Toward Personalized Rotator Cuff Physical Therapy Dosage Using a Machine Learning-Based Pilot Study with EMG.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparison of rotator cuff muscle thickness and acromiohumeral distance in overhead adolescent athletes with and without rounded shoulders.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Article
- Prevalence and functional impact of shoulder soft tissue injuries in overhead athletes during in-season management.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Exosomes for the Management of Rotator Cuff Injuries: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Review
- The comparison of the efficacy of intramuscular tetracosactide and subacromial triamcinolone injection in rotator cuff tendinitis: a randomized trial.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2025Article
- Return to Play After Arthroscopic Management of Rotator Cuff Tears in Professional Athletes of Contact Sports.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Integrating Physio-Yogic Exercises for Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy in Indian Overhead Athletes: A Comprehensive Approach.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Article
- Three-dimensional sonography has satisfied accuracy for detecting rotator cuff tears.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Article
- Review
- Return to play after rotator cuff tear in National Football League athletes.JSES international · 2023Article
- Advances in the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears: Management of Rotator Cuff Tears in the Athlete.Clinics in sports medicine · 2023Review
- Conservatively Treated Symptomatic Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy May Progress to a Tear.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Review
- Pharmacological Treatment for Acute Traumatic Musculoskeletal Pain in Athletes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- The role of scapular dyskinesis on rotator cuff tears: a narrative review of the current knowledge.EFORT open reviews · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purpose of reviewRotator cuff injuries are a common cause of pain and dysfunction for the elite athlete and can result in time loss from participation. This review highlights the current management of these injuries. RECENT
findingsConservative management of rotator cuff injuries continues to be the "gold standard" in the elite athlete. This includes a comprehensive rehabilitation program, anti-inflammatories, and corticosteroid injections. Newer treatment techniques such as intramuscular dry needling and the use of biologics such as platelet-rich plasma and stem cells demonstrate early promising results; however, these modalities require further investigation to determine their effectiveness. Rotator cuff injuries can range from contusions and tendinopathy to full-thickness tears. A comprehensive evaluation is needed to determine the extent of injury and appropriate plan of care. Management strategies can range from rehabilitation to operative intervention and are guided by the size of the tear, time of season, sport, performance limitations, and presence of concomitant pathology.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.