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A rotator cuff tear is a tear of one or more of the tendons of the four rotator cuff muscles. A rotator cuff injury can include any type of irritation or damage to the rotator cuff muscles or tendons.Rotator cuff tears are among the most common conditions affecting the shoulder.The tendons of the rotator cuff not the muscles are most commonly involved and of the four the supraspinatus most frequently as it passes below the acromion.