Editorial Commentary: Don't Let Cuff Tears With Adhesive Capsulitis Give You the Cold Shoulder

摘要

Despite vastly different rehabilitation goals, adhesive capsulitis and a rotator cuff tear of the shoulder can be treated concomitantly with good outcomes. In the face of adhesive capsulitis, rotator cuff tears can be safely repaired with manipulation under anesthesia and/or capsular release without a substantial increase in complication rates compared with patients undergoing rotator cuff repair alone. Adhesive capsulitis pathology causes the cuff to heal rapidly, and we recommend aggressive passive range of motion as part of a traditional but accelerated rehabilitation that can be monitored and thus adjusted on a case-by-case basis.