Test the range of motion. Evaluate the strength of the shoulder muscles. An X-ray may be ordered to evaluate other potential causes of shoulder pain (arthritis, calcific tendonitis), but an X-ray ...

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

Quadriceps tendinitis occurs when this tendon becomes inflamed. Quadriceps tendinitis is sometimes spelled as tendonitis, or it’s called quadriceps tendinopathy. Research suggests that ...

Four patients in the treatment group and three in the control group went on to have surgical decompression as their symptoms had not improved after 6 months of treatment, and Achilles tendon samples ...

Tendon injury can occur in the mid-tendon, as in the Achilles tendon; however, most tendon pathology and pain arise at the tendon attachment to bone, such as the patellar tendon, medial and lateral ...