Korte omschrijving:De rotator cuff is het geheel van pezen rond de schouder.
Zij zorgen voor de beweging van de schouder in verschillende richtingen en stabiliseren de kop van het gewricht op zijn kleine kom.
The rotator cuff is a set of four muscles (Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Subscapularis, and Teres Minor) that lie over the humeral head in the shoulder that help provide shoulder stability. These muscles can become inflamed and produce shoulder pain.
Diagnose:
The pain tends to be:
- Generally worse at night or after activity
- Shoulder motion causes pain and is limited
- More common in athletes who do a lot of throwing
- More common in older individuals (over 50)
If the pain is severe, it can be difficult to distinguish between rotator cuff tendinitis and a cervical radiculopathy.
In such cases, an injection of a numbing agent (such as Lidocaine) into the shoulder area can help.
If the pain is completely relieved, then the cuff is probably the pain generator (not the nerve).
Tendinitis may be associated with a rotator cuff tear, which can be diagnosed with either an MRI scan or an arthrogram of the shoulder.
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