title: [Rupture of the rotator cuff in the elderly].
abstract: Rupture of rotator cuff in the elderly people is mostly degenerative. Due to the rupture, function of the arm may be disturbed up to pseudo-paralysis. Apart from the functional disturbances the patient is suffering from tormenting nightly pain. The therapy for the elderly people will almost always be a conservative one. Apart from symptomatic measures, physical therapy to prevent a frozen shoulder is essential. With old age operational indication should be particularly restrictive and only where conservative treatment has failed so far.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D009132:Muscles / Q000293:injuries*; D012421:Rupture; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D013708:Tendon Injuries
vernacular_title: Die Ruptur der Rotatorenmanschette beim älteren Menschen.