ArticleJSES international2022
Blood flow in the anterior humeral circumflex artery reflects synovial inflammation of the shoulder joint in rotator cuff tears.
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- Association of Subacromial Bursa Characteristics With Preoperative Nocturnal Pain and the Efficacy of Surgical Treatment for Pain Relief: A Prospective Cohort Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Association between rotator cuff muscle cross-sectional area and dorsal scapular artery blood flow velocity in patients with rotator cuff tears.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2026Article
- Pathological Classification of Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy Based on Fiber Orientation, Blood Flow Velocity of Radial Recurrent Artery, and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Supine-induced Increase in Blood Flow Velocity in the Anterior Humeral Circumflex Artery Associates with Nocturnal Sitting-relief Shoulder Pain.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Blood flow velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery and tear size can predict synovitis severity in patients with rotator cuff tears.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2024Article
- Changes in blood flow in the dorsal scapular artery and relationship to shoulder joint function in rotator cuff tears.JSES international · 2023Article
- Rotator Cuff Health, Pathology, and Repair in the Perspective of Hyperlipidemia.Journal of orthopaedics and sports medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: An association has been reported between rotator cuff tear and inflammation. We hypothesized that blood flow in the anterior humeral circumflex artery would reflect synovial inflammation in the shoulder. This study aimed to clarify the association of blood flow in the anterior humeral circumflex artery with synovial inflammation and shoulder pain in patients with rotator cuff tears. Methods: In this prospective, cross-sectional study, tissue samples from the synovium in the rotator interval were obtained from 33 patients undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and real-time polymerase chain reaction were performed to determine the messenger RNA expression of inflammatory mediators, growth factors, and matrix metalloproteinases. Additional tissue samples were fixed for histologic evaluation. Before surgery, we measured the peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery using pulse Doppler ultrasonography. Results: The peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery was positively correlated with the messenger RNA expression of interleukin 1β, interleukin 8, and matrix metalloproteinase 3 genes (r = 0.49, Conclusion: The peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery is associated with the severity of synovial inflammation. Our results suggest that assessing the peak systolic velocity in the anterior humeral circumflex artery is useful for evaluating the severity of synovial inflammation.
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