Musculoskeletal Key

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Stefano Gumina (ed.)Rotator Cuff Tear10.1007/978-3-319-33355-7_42 Stem Cells in Rotator Cuff Healing Pietro Randelli1  , Alessandra Menon1, Vincenza Ragone1, Davide Cucchi1 and Paolo Cabitza1 (1) Department of Biomedical Science for the Health, IRCCS Policlinico San…

Full-thickness tears How many tears become symptomatic from asymptomatic? Probably 50 %, after 5 years How many tears become asymptomatic from symptomatic? 60–70 % after 2.5–7 years However, only half…

Cases 249 Tear type:   Small 94  Large 88  Massive 67 Controls 356 Sex, M/F 325, 280 p = 0.08 Mean age (range), years    Cases 64 (54–78) p = 0.2…

Genes Full name Role DEFB1 Defensin beta 1 Defensins could act on many immune cells through Toll-like receptor 4, regulating the entire immune response The involvement of b-defensin with progressive…

  SBPa DBPb Office or clinic 140 90 24-h 125–130 80 Day 130–135 85 Night 120 70 Home 130–135 85 a SBP systolic blood pressure b DBP diastolic blood pressure…

  Mean age (SD)a Gender N subjects older than 60b M F Small tear patients (N = 130) 53.8 (8.4) 72 58 20 (15.38) Large tear patients (N = 312)…

Rotator cuff tear has a multifactorial etiology. Age [1–3], altered biology [4, 5], tendon hypovascularity [6–9], smoking habit [10, 11], and tendon overload-overuse [12, 13] are generally believed to be…