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PTA Question of the Week - Rotator cuff

You are treating a patient with a right rotator cuff strain. The critical zone in the supraspinatus tendon is very susceptible to a tear because of the patient’s age. It is called the critical zone because the tendon has:

1. atrophy

2. hypertrophy

3. hypervascularity

4. hypovascularity

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