Biceps Tendon Ruptures/tears at the elbow are a common injury among middle aged and older men. They can also happen in women and younger men as well, but not nearly as often. Smoking leads to a 5x ...

As if the Colts secondary has not been tormented by enough injuries this season, we recently learned that safety Bob Sanders will be out with a distal biceps tendon rupture at the elbow which will ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO – Patients on statins have a two-fold risk of developing spontaneous distal biceps tendon ruptures, ...

A single-incision suture anchor technique can effectively repair distal biceps tendon ruptures and may improve postop cosmesis by minimizing scar formation, a retrospective study shows. Chris K. John, ...

Distal biceps tendon ruptures are injuries that occur when the tendon connecting the biceps muscle to the elbow tears away from the bone. This type of injury is often seen in middle-aged men and can ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: My brother ruptured a tendon in his right arm, and his biceps muscle has dropped into an ugly clump. He has had three doctors give him the same opinion. If he were younger (he's 60), ...

Introduction The biceps brachii muscle is the primary forearm supinator and a secondary elbow flexor. The pathophysiology of distal tendon ruptures is still unclear. Patients with chronic rupture ...

The distal biceps tendon originates from the biceps muscle, which is the most superficial muscle of the anterior arm, courses deep to the antecubital fossa, and inserts on the radial tuberosity. The ...

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St George’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: D A Pratt Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St George’s Hospital NHS Trust, 67 Water Lane, ...

That bad news comes on the heels of a season in which Maybin played in just 14 major-league games due to an impingement in his right wrist caused by torn cartilage and loose bodies, as well as a torn ...

Detroit Tigers’ first baseman Miguel Cabrera has ended his 2018 season early due to a biceps tendon rupture. Miguel is known for playing through pain. But after taking a swing and missing, he dropped ...

More MLB: Spring training | Scoreboard | FA: Position players | FA: Pitchers UPDATE: It's bad news for Maybin. He'll miss two to three months with a ruptured biceps tendon -- which was revealed on his ...