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Rotator Cuff Tear

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The rotator cuff is the name for a group of four muscles and their tendons attaching to the scapula as origins and the proximal humerus as insertions. They are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis. The tendinous portions of these four muscles unite and cover the entire humeral head except for a gap between the supraspinatus and the subscapularis, which is called the rotator interval.

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Itoi, E. (2023). Rotator Cuff Tear. In: Shoulderology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0345-0_3

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