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From Neer’s observation on subacromial impingement to the more recent developments of Burkhart’ theories of cable suspension and antero-posterior balance of the cuff, anatomical and biomechanical studies have given great impulse to surgical and mechanical reconstruction of a damaged rotator cuff.
Today we are entering a new order of problems regarding the biological process of muscular degeneration and our possibilities to reverse this process and obtain a guaranteed and reproducible bone-tendon healing.
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Gambrioli, P., Vitali, M., Lazzotti, C. et al. Anatomo-fisiologia e biomeccanica della cuffia. LO SCAL 22, 3–7 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11639-008-0081-8
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