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Physical therapy timing key to successful rotator cuff repair

More than 250,000 rotator cuff repairs (RCRs) are done every year in the US. Yet, regardless of the procedure used, there is a high rate of retear, with rates reported to be as high as 13% to 43%. These rates correlate with increasing age; a recent meta-analysis demonstrated that retear rates double between the ages of 50 (15%) and 70 (30%).

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