Comparing normal and torn rotator cuff tendons using dynamic shear analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 942-948

  Chaudhury, S ^a   Holland, C ^a   Vollrath, F ^a   Carr, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSCILLATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEAR STRESS; SHOULDER SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SEX FACTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENDON INJURIES; TISSUE PRESERVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959558061     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B7.25741     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Lehman C, Cuomo F, Kummer FJ, Zuckerman JD. The incidence of full thickness rotator cuff tears in a large cadaveric population. Bull Hosp Jt Dis 1995;54:30-1.
2. Moosmayer S, Smith HJ, Tariq Rl, Larmo A. Prevalence and characteristics of asymptomatic tears of the rotator cuff: an ultrasonographic and clinical study. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2009;91-B:196-200.
3. Bongers PM. The cost of shoulder pain at work. BMJ 2001;322:64-5. (Pubitemid 32099130)
4. Fehringer EV, Sun J, VanOeveren LS, Keller BK, Matsen FA 3rd. Full-thickness rotator cuff tear prevalence and correlation with function and co-morbidities in patients sixty-five years and older. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2008;17:881-5.
5. Bishop J, Klepps S, Lo IK, et al. Cuff integrity after arthroscopic versus open rotator cuff repair: a prospective study. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2006;15:290-9.
6. Jost B, Pfirrmann CWA, Gerber C, Switzerland Z. Clinical outcome after structural failure of rotator cuff repairs. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2000;82-A:304-14. (Pubitemid 30140331)
7. Sugaya H, Maeda K, Matsuki K, Moriishi J. Repair integrity and functional outcome after arthroscopic double-row rotator cuff repair: a prospective outcome study. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2007;89-A:953-60. (Pubitemid 46724584)
8. Nada AN, Debnath UK, Robinson DA, Jordan C. Treatment of massive rotatorcuff tears with a polyester ligament (Dacron) augmentation: clinical outcome. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2010;92-B:1397-402.
9. Matthews TJ, Hand GC, Rees JL, Athanasou NA, Carr AJ. Pathology of the torn rotator cuff tendon: reduction in potential for repair as tear site increases. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2006;88-B:489-95.
10. Tashjian RZ, Farnham JN, Albright FS, Teerlink CC, Cannon-Albright LA. Evidence for an inherited predisposition contributing to the risk of rotator cuff disease. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2009;91-A:1136-42.
11. Erhard L, Zobitz ME, Zhao CF, Amadio PC, An KN. Treatment of partial lacerations in flexor tendons by trimming: a biomechanical in vitro study. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2002;84-A:1006-12.
12. Ackland DC, Pandy MG. Lines of action and stabilizing potential of the shoulder musculature. J Anat 2009;215:184-97.
13. Reilly P, Amis AA, Wallace AL, Emery RJH. Supraspinatus tears: propagation and strain alteration. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2003;12:134-8. (Pubitemid 36842674)
14. Huang CY, Wang VM, Pawluk RJ, et al. Inhomogeneous mechanical behavior of the human supraspinatus tendon under uniaxial loading. J Orthop Res 2005;23:924-30. (Pubitemid 40960046)
15. Vincent JFV. Structural biomaterials. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1990.
16. Subbotin A, Semenov A, Manias E, Hadziioannou G, ten Brinke G. Rheology of confined polymer melts under shear flow: strong adsorption limit. Macromolecules 1995;28:1511-15.
17. Post M, Silver R, Singh M. Rotator cuff tear: diagnosis and treatment. Clin Orthop 1983;173:78-91. (Pubitemid 13115030)
18. Sano H, Ishii H, Yeadon A, et al. Degeneration at the insertion weakens the tensile strength of the supraspinatus tendon: a comparative mechanical and histologic study of the bone-tendon complex. J Orthop Res 1997;15:719-26. (Pubitemid 28018999)
19. Riley GP, Harrall RL, Constant CR, et al. Glycosaminoglycans of human rotator cuff tendons: changes with age and in chronic rotator cuff tendinitis. Ann Rheum Dis 1994;53:367-76. (Pubitemid 24198923)
20. Chen CH, Cao Y, Wu YF, et al. Tendon healing in vivo: gene expression and production of multiple growth factors in early tendon healing period. J Hand Surg [Am] 2008;33:1834-42.
21. Cofield RH, Parvizi J, Hoffmeyer PJ, et al. Surgical repair of chronic rotator cuff tears: a prospective long-term study. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2001;83-A:71-7. (Pubitemid 32116110)
22. Fuchs B, Gilbart MK, Hodler J, Gerber C. Clinical and structural results of open repair of an isolated one tendon tear of the rotator cuff. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2006;88-A:309-16. (Pubitemid 43185132)
23. Yamaguchi K, Ditsios K, Middleton WD, et al. The demographic and morphological features of rotator cuff disease: a comparison of asymptomatic and symptomatic shoulders. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2006;88-A:1699-704. (Pubitemid 44200206)
24. Nho SJ, Brown BS, Lyman S, et al. Prospective analysis of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: prognostic factors affecting clinical and ultrasound outcome. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2009;18:13-20.
25. Fukuda H, Hamada K, Nakajima T, Tomonaga A. Pathology and pathogenesis of the intratendinous tearing of the rotator cuff viewed from en-bloc histologic sections. Clin Orthop 1994;304:60-7. (Pubitemid 24230665)
26. Reeves B. Experiments on the tensile strength of the anterior capsular structures of the shoulder in man. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 1968;50-B:858-65.
27. Vincent JFV. Biomechanics materials: a practical approach. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992:242.
28. Lee S-B, Nakajima T, Luo Z-P, et al. The bursal and articular sides of the supraspinatus tendon have a different compressive stiffness. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2000;15:241-7. (Pubitemid 30089385)
29. Butler DL, Juncosa N, Dressler MR. Functional efficacy of tendon repair processes. Ann Rev Biomed Eng 2004;6:303-29. (Pubitemid 39209501)
30. Giannini S, Buda R, Di Caprio F, et al. Effects of freezing on the biomechanical and structural properties of human posterior tibial tendons. Int Orthop 2008;32:145-51. (Pubitemid 351422668)