Ensayos clínicos

Inclusion Criteria:       

• Male or female
• Age 20 to 75
• Normal subjects and patients with known rotator cuff pathology (Tear size is over than 3 cm) who have operative indications and desire surgical treatment for rotator cuff tear.

Exclusion Criteria:      

• History of shoulder surgery
• History of multiple sclerosis, primary muscle disease or myopathy
• History of direct blunt or sharp trauma to the supraspinatus muscle
• History of cancer, metastasis or radiation treatments in the upper body
• Active inflammatory disease such as psoriasis or systemic lupus erythematous
• Severe structural impairments such as scoliosis, Marfan syndrome or upper extremity amputations
• Neuromuscular conditions such as myasthenia gravis, inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Central neurological conditions such as myelopathy, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, stroke or multiple sclerosis
• Body Mass Index greater than 35