The group of tendons and muscles that attach the bone of the upper arm to the shoulder blade and provide support and mobility to the ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder.
Comprised of four muscles in the shoulder area: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis. Often irritated by overuse.
four intrinsic muscles of the shoulder responsible for arm rotation and keeping the humerus in the glenoid fossa.
a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move
a set of four muscles (Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Subscapularis, and Teres Minor) that lie over the humeral head in the shoulder that help provide shoulder stability.
A group of muscles and their tendons that control movement of the shoulder.
the group of muscles (S.I.T.S) which attach to gleno-humeral joint and are a frequent source of athletic injury, involving weakness or tearing of the tendons which attach the muscles to bone. Supraspinatus (most commonly injured), infra-spinatus, teres minor, and suscapularis.
The "cuff" formed by four muscles and their tendons, acting to stabilize and reinforce the humeral head in the shoulder joint during movement.
The group of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and allows for easy rotation of the arm.
A group of tendons extending from the muscles which rotate the arm, which form a cuff or short sleeve around the shoulder joint and its capsule.
The term given to the group of muscles that provide a primarily stabilising function to the shoulder joint. They are Supraspinatus, Subscapularis, Infraspinatus and Teres Minor.
A structure made up of four muscle tendons that reinforces the shoulder joint.
The four tendons that comprised the rotator cuff are the main source of stability and mobility for the shoulder. They rotate the arm inward and outward and away from the side. The tendons pass through a small opening between the humerus and the acromion. A bursa (a small fluid-filled sac) normally protects the tendons from irritation.
muscles and tendons that form a cuff over the shoulder joint and attach the scapula to the bone in the upper arm (humerus); major function is to control and produce rotation of the shoulder.
A structure around the shoulder-joint capsule composed of intermingled muscle and tendon fibers. The rotator cuff provides stability and strength to the shoulder joint.
A collective term for the four tendons that connect muscles of the shoulder blade to the upper arm bone (humerus).
Four intrinsic muscles of the shoulder that help to rotate the arm and keep the humerus in the glenoid fossa during activity.
4 small muscles that provide the main supporting structure within the shoulder capsule. This area is very susceptible to injury.
Comprised of four muscles in the shoulder area that can be irritated by overuse. The muscles are the supraspinatus (most commonly injured), infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis.
a supporting and strengthening structure of the shoulder joint that is made up of part of its capsule blended with tendons of the subscapularis, infraspinatus, supraspinatus, and teres minor muscles as they pass to the capsule or across it to insert on the humerus. Also called the musculotendinous cuff.
consists of muscles and tendons that hold the shoulder in place.
A group of four small muscles that hold the shoulder joint together, and are prone to injury if over-taxed by weight training.
A tendon formed by three distinct muscles which stabilise the head of the humerus within the shoulder joint. Tendonitis or injury to the rotator cuff muscle can make lifting the arm out to the side and external rotation painful. In most cases treatment includes rest, ice, and physical therapy to strengthen the shoulder muscles. Hard, extended J-stroke paddling can injure the rotator cuff. Been there; done that. Don't forget to switch sides and take breaks.
muscles and their insertional tendons that form a cuff over the shoulder joint, on their way to attaching from the scapula to the humorous; major function is to control, and produce, rotation of the shoulder.
The rotator cuff is an anatomical term given to the group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilise the shoulder.