Biceps tendon tears or ruptures are often painful and frightening injuries. Although they typically occur in men of middle age or older, these injuries can also happen to younger and elderly ...

Distal biceps tendon ruptures are injuries that occur when the tendon connecting the biceps muscle to the elbow tears away from the bone. This type of injury is often seen in middle-aged men and ...

A biceps tear is a rupture of the biceps tendon, which connects the biceps muscle of the upper arm to the bones in the shoulder and elbow. Tears in the biceps tendon (often incorrectly called the ...

Introduction The biceps brachii muscle is the primary forearm supinator and a secondary elbow flexor. The pathophysiology of distal tendon ruptures is still unclear. Patients with chronic rupture ...

Together with his history, prominent upper arm swelling (Popeye’s sign) on physical examination, absence of biceps tendon within the bicipital groove during ultrasound examination, the condition was ...

Notwithstanding lack of any trauma, a tendon rupture was suspected from fluoroquinolone use.1 Orthopaedic surgery was consulted and confirmed the diagnosis of left proximal biceps tendon rupture, most ...

Design: Tendon samples were taken from 51 patients (31 men ... Conclusions: Unruptured tendons of the long head of the biceps, even at an advanced age and ruptured tendons of the long head of the ...

If nonsurgical options fail or if you’ve experienced an acute biceps tendon rupture, surgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center can perform surgery. This begins with a minimally ...

A shortcut review was carried out to see whether the hook test is sensitive enough for a negative result to exclude complete distal biceps tendon rupture (DBTR) in adults. 3 papers presented the best ...

Occasionally, however, an acute sports injury or trauma can put so much stress on a tendon that it breaks through completely. This is called a tendon rupture, and surgery to reconnect the tendon is ...