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 ...

There are two proximal biceps tendon attachments at the shoulder joint, and a single distal biceps tendon at the elbow. The reason it is called the biceps ('bi,' meaning two) is that there are two ...

Tendonitis is when a tendon becomes inflamed, irritated, and swollen. Tendons are tough bands of soft tissue that connect muscle to bone. They are pulled when muscles contract to allow body parts to ...

The biceps tendons are at the top and bottom of the biceps muscle. The tendon that attaches the lower part of the biceps to the elbow is the distal tendon. The tendons that attach the top of the ...

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 ...

On the other end, your biceps muscle is attached to your elbow bone by one tendon, the biceps distal tendon. That's why bicep tendon repair surgery can be called shoulder tendon surgery or elbow ...

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 ...