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rotator cuff tendonitis

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rotator cuff tendonitis
Pitcher's shoulder, shoulder/rotator cuff impingement syndrome, swimmer's shoulder, tennis shoulder Orthopedics A microtrauma or overuse injury caused by stress on or tearing of the rotator cuff, which holds the humeral head in the scapular fossa Etiology Tearing and inflammation of the tendons occurring in sports requiring the arm to be moved over the head repeatedly as in tennis, pitching baseball, swimming, lifting weights over the head. See Rotator cuff.


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