Muscular Retraining and Rehabilitation after Shoulder Muscle Tendon Transfer

Abdulaziz F Ahmed; Ryan Lohre; Bassem T Elhassan

doi:10.1016/j.pmr.2023.01.001

Muscular Retraining and Rehabilitation after Shoulder Muscle Tendon Transfer

Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2023 May;34(2):481-488. doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2023.01.001. Epub 2023 Feb 28.

Authors

Abdulaziz F Ahmed¹, Ryan Lohre¹, Bassem T Elhassan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37003665
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2023.01.001

Abstract

Muscle tendon transfers around the shoulder involve transferring the tendon of a well-functioning muscle-tendon unit to the site of damaged muscle-tendon insertion. In turn, this restores function and strength of the injured shoulder muscle through dynamic muscular contraction and a tenodesis effect. Rehabilitation after shoulder muscle tendon transfers requires extensive and lengthy rehabilitation to achieve satisfactory clinical outcomes. It is crucial to gain detailed understanding of the rehabilitation requirements for different tendon transfer procedures such as the type of immobilization and specific range of motion limitations at specific time points during rehabilitations.

Keywords: Rehabilitation; Retraining; Shoulder; Tendon; Transfers.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Muscle, Skeletal
Range of Motion, Articular
Shoulder Joint*
Shoulder*
Tendon Transfer / methods
Tendons