Rotator Cuff Tendinitis

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Connected health information

Explore this condition in a clear order

1. Attributes 2. Signs & symptoms 3. Drugs / medications 4. Treatments by type 5. Further tests / investigations 6. Biological / test markers

Linked signs and symptoms

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Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.

Linked drugs / medications

2

Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.

Treatments, therapies and supportive options

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Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.

Medical therapy

1

Joint ImmobilizationWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)

Lifestyle changes

3

Behavioural changes

4

Alternative and complementary therapies

1

Polarity TherapyNo Recommendation(Very Low Evidence)

Alternative therapies

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Polarity TherapyNo Recommendation(Very Low Evidence)

Linked diagnostic tests and investigations

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These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.

Protein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)Metabolism End Product / Blood Studies

Biological markers/agents

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This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.

Often increased

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Beta GlobulinReference range exampleAll: 0.7–1.2 gm/dLLinked diagnostic testsProtein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)

Often decreased

0

No markers in this group.

Introduction / full article

ID 250

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Polarity Therapy:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: no recommendation (there is insufficient evidence to show that Polarity Therapy helps in treating Rotator Cuff Tendinitis in any way)

Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org