Do adolescents get rotator cuff tendinopathy?
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The short answer is no - at least not in the way the term is typically applied in adult populations.
Rotator cuff pathology is uncommon in paediatric shoulders, particularly in the absence of trauma [1]. While partial or full-thickness tears can occur, these are usually associated with acute injury, avulsion, or instability events. In contrast, the most frequent causes of shoulder pain in adolescents are physeal stress injuries and glenohumeral instability with associated labral pathology [1,2].
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