The shoulder muscles are responsible for maintaining the widest range of motion of any joint in your body. This flexibility is also what makes the shoulder prone to instability and injury.

This humanoid bioreactor does look pretty human—it’s got a shoulder joint, part of an arm, and half of a ribcage with blue lights peeking through from all the hardware stuffed inside.

the researchers grew it in a more human-like way—on a fabricated joint made to mimic a human shoulder. Close up of the soft transparent chamber hosting a cell-material construct. During ...

Ligaments are bands of connective tissue that connect bones, joints, and organs and hold them in place within your body. The human body has over 900 ligaments. The ligaments in your shoulder hold ...

Your shoulder is called a ball-and-socket joint. It can move in many directions and it’s considered to be the most movable joint in the body. But it’s actually two joints (the ...

A shoulder dislocation happens when the humerus slips fully or partially out of the shoulder joint socket, or the glenoid. Dislocations can move the humerus forward, backward, or down. A forward ...

For 52-year-old Sushma Kelkar, joint pain had become a part of daily life. Over the years, she had grown used to the ...

The quality of human joint implants could take a giant leap forward thanks to the kangaroo. Queensland scientists are studying kangaroo shoulder cartilage because it's similar to that of humans.

If a medical professional administers the injection improperly, this can cause injury to the shoulder joint, leading to pain and swelling. Doctors use the term SIRVA, which stands for shoulder ...