Issue 9/2024
Ermencheva, P.
Chronic pain and limited shoulder movements are the most frequent reasons for doctor’s or physiotherapist’s office visit. Chronic shoulder pain in the adult population has over 50% lifetime prevalence rate. The rotator cuff (RC) is an anatomic coalescence of the muscle bellies and tendons of the supraspinatus , infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis. Rotator cuff syndrome (RCS) constitutes a spectrum of disease across a wide range of pathologies associated with injury or degenerative conditions affecting the rotator cuff (RC). These conditions leading to shoulder pain include subacromial impingement syndrome and subacromial subdeltoid bursitis, rotator cuff tendinopathy, partial or full-thickness rotator cuff tears (PTTs, FTTs(. The rotator cuff’s complex etiology requires an individual therapeutic approach. Overall, the rotator cuff›s treatment and management may be broken down into the following categories: nonoperative and surgical. The present article provides a personal experience with regenerative therapy as a part of the complex RCS treatment.
Key words: chronic shoulder pain, rotator cuff syndrome, subacromial impingement syndrome, bursitis, tendinopathy, partial or full-thickness rotator cuff tears, collagen
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Dr. Plamena Ermencheva
Clinic of Rheumatology,
University Hospital ‘St. Ivan Rilski‘ – Sofia
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