Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ultrasound-guided lavage with steroid injection yielded no clinical benefit for patients with calcific ...

Evidence-based recommendations on extracorporeal shockwave therapy for calcific tendinopathy in the shoulder. This involves placing a device on the skin that delivers short pulses of sound into the ...

March 7, 2003 — Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is effective for chronic calcific tendinitis of the shoulder, according to the results of a single-blind study reported in the March issue of ...

Q: My shoulder has been hurting so my doctor ordered an X-ray. This showed calcium buildup, and she said that was causing the pain. What is this from? A: It seems you are describing calcific ...

The shoulder is a complex joint made up of ligaments, tendons, and muscles. Sustaining damage to any of these tissues can result in pain. Persistent, or chronic, shoulder pain can interfere with a ...

Tendonitis is pain in or around a tendon, which is a band of strong tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. Tendons bend, stretch, and twist to help joints and muscles move. They can become inflamed ...

The case reported is of a 46 year old male who presented with a history of acute on chronic knee pain. The clinical features and investigations suggested a tear of the quadriceps tendon, with ...

Dirk-Jan Hofstee, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands; dj_hofstee{at}hotmail.com Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether removing the calcifications in the rotator cuff ...

Calcific tendinopathy (also known as calcific tendonitis) is a disorder of the shoulder characterised by the formation of deposits of calcium crystals in 1 or more of the rotator cuff tendons. It can ...