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Abstract
Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy: prognostic factors
published in September - October 2018 - in Il Fisioterapista - issue n.5
Massimo Bitocchi

Calcific tendinitis is a painful shoulder disorder characterised by either single or multiple deposits in the rotator cuff tendon. The aim of this article was to assess the statistical data reported in the literature regarding rotator cuff calcific tendonitis.
Based on the data obtained, we can consider how to apply these findings in clinical decision making in a way that might be helpful in preventing a long-term symptomatic course; it is plausible that a wait-and-see strategy or conservative treatments (not aimed at decreasing the calcium deposits) may not necessarily be the most effective methods in patients with persisting symptoms.