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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...body, yet it's very strong. The design feature that enables these feats is the cuff - three flat tendons that blend together like a thick leathery hood covering a bald man's head - the head in this case being the smooth cartilage-covered ball at the top of the humerus or arm bone. The cuff's unique tendons apply muscular forces which stabilize and greatly strengthen the movement of your arm. (Remember tendons are the attachments of muscles to bone - they pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rotator Cuffs: the Next Big Thing | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...Crimson has been without the star sophomore attackman all season. Cohen was sidelined in the preseason with pneumonia. Just as he was about to return to practice, Cohen broke his right humerus playing basketball—diagnosed at the time as a potentially season-ending injury...

Author: By Andrew R. Moore, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Star Lacrosse Player Deals With Injury | 5/6/2005 | See Source »

Copple suffered a “subluxation” or partial dislocation of his left shoulder, in which the humerus slips out of the shoulder socket...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prized Recruit To Miss Season | 9/15/2004 | See Source »

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