teres minor muscle


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Related to teres minor muscle: teres major muscle, Subscapularis muscle
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Noun1.teres minor muscle - teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally
musculus teres minor, teres minor
teres, teres muscle - either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms
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There was no involvement of the latissimus dorsi muscle, nor of the teres minor muscle. The rest of the MRI was normal (Figures 4-6).
Isolated Rupture of the Teres Major Muscle When Water Skiing: A Case Report and Literature Review
Sub acromial impingement syndrome occurs following the entrapment of the Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor muscle and biceps tendon, soft tissues and sub acromial bursa between the coracoacromial arch and humeral head [4] and causes swelling, inflammation and pain in the shoulder.
To compare the effectiveness of therapeutic kinesio taping and exercises and ultrasound with therapeutic kinesio taping and exercises and low intensity laser in treating patients with subacromial impingement syndrome
Initial non-enhanced MRI of the left shoulder demonstrated abnormal osseous edema in the lateral humeral head and neck, and abnormal soft tissue edema in the teres minor muscle, including its myotendinous junction and humeral insertion (Figures 1 and 2).
Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Specifically, reduced deltoid over-tensioning and improved teres minor muscle tensioning.
Muscle force and excursion requirements and moment arm analysis of a posterior-superior offset reverse total shoulder prosthesis

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