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$2.9M NIH grant backs new approach to shoulder repair

Researchers at the University of Texas San Antonio are developing a nanoparticle-based therapy designed to address ...

"I Thought It Was Frozen Shoulder Because I Couldn’t Lift My Arm" — If a Rotator Cuff Tear Is Left Untreated, You May Lose Shoulder Function

Sportschosun, Jang Jong-ho] Middle-aged and older adults often assume that shoulder pain is just muscle soreness or frozen ...
Nature

Sectional measurements of shoulder muscle volume and computed tomography density in anterior shoulder instability

CT data of non-pathologic shoulders (patients with CF) were collected. In each image, the segmentation of Ssc and Isp + TM was performed. Subsequently, we obtained the VR Ssc/Isp+TM and CT-DR ...
SpaceNews

Gene discovery linked to muscle atrophy in numerous conditions

HOUSTON – A newly identified gene, atrogin-1, is involved in muscle loss associated with cancer, diabetes, fasting and kidney disease as well as in the atrophy occurring with disuse, inactivity, and ...
Medical Xpress

Uncovering the link to combating muscle atrophy caused by aging and immobility

The loss of muscle mass, or muscle atrophy, is a relatively common condition in today's aging and increasingly sedentary societies. While the disuse of muscles is the most frequent catalyst for muscle ...
AOL

5 common causes of muscle mass loss (& how to prevent them)

Loss of muscle mass, also called muscle wasting or atrophy, can happen gradually as part of getting older or more suddenly due to underlying medical conditions. Other factors can contribute, like ...