Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — To have a successful total shoulder arthroplasty, orthopedic surgeons need to make sure the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Approximately 25,000 shoulder arthroplasties are performed in the United States each year — 60% of which are ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways The humerus is the only bone in the upper arm. It connects to the shoulder and elbow joint.The humerus works with muscles to raise and rotate ...

THE medical literature of the past ten years contains many reports of injurious side effects of systemic corticosteroid therapy. 1–4 Osteoporosis and resulting vertebral fractures are almost the only ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Once considered rare, these surgeries are now increasingly common, mostly because of a growing volume of primary procedures ...

In this in vivo study, we investigated the influence of different load situations on humeral cartilage thickness in individuals with paraplegia and quadriplegia. The mean humeral cartilage thickness ...

The shoulder represents one of the most elaborate areas of the human body consisting of a ball and socket joint, which offers an extreme range of motion, but it is also commonly prone to dysfunction.