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History of Shoulder Pain and Rotator Cuff Pathology

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A historical study on the treatment of rotator cuff tear should necessarily refer to the symptoms it causes, because only at the end of 1800, the lesion of these tendons has been identified among the causes which most frequently lead to pain, loss of strength, and range of motion.

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Gumina, S., Passaretti, D., Candela, V. (2017). History of Shoulder Pain and Rotator Cuff Pathology. In: Gumina, S. (eds) Rotator Cuff Tear. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33355-7_1

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