Rotator Cuff Tear - Mechanisms of Injury

Mechanisms of Injury

There are two main causes of rotator cuff tears: injury (acute) and degeneration (chronic). The mechanisms involved can be categorized as either extrinsic or intrinsic.

Read more about this topic:  Rotator Cuff Tear

Famous quotes containing the word injury:

    This is ... a trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that we do—namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions.
    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)