Observational studyBMC family practice2014
Ultrasound-diagnosed disorders in shoulder patients in daily general practice: a retrospective observational study.
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- What Imaging-Detected Pathologies Are Associated With Shoulder Symptoms and Their Persistence? A Systematic Literature Review.Arthritis care & research · 2018Pooled it
- Ultrasound imaging to tailor the treatment of acute shoulder pain: a randomised controlled trial in general practice.BMJ open · 2016Trial
- What Is the Diagnosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Who Have a Painful Shoulder? Results from a Prospective Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Associations between shoulder symptoms and concomitant pathology in patients with traumatic supraspinatus tears.JSES international · 2020Article
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- Ultrasonographic Findings in 41 Dogs Treated with Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate and Platelet-Rich Plasma for a Supraspinatus Tendinopathy: A Retrospective Study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2018Article
- Relative and absolute reliability of ultrasound measurements for the thickness of the soft tissue around the shoulder joint of young normal subjects.Journal of physical therapy science · 2017Article
- Ultrasound assessment for grading structural tendon changes in supraspinatus tendinopathy: an inter-rater reliability study.BMJ open · 2016Article
- The Use of Adipose-Derived Progenitor Cells and Platelet-Rich Plasma Combination for the Treatment of Supraspinatus Tendinopathy in 55 Dogs: A Retrospective Study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2016Article
- Deep Learning for Detecting Supraspinatus Calcific Tendinopathy on Ultrasound Images.Journal of medical ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
backgroundUltrasound imaging (US) is considered an accurate and widely available method to diagnose subacromial disorders. Yet, the frequency of the specific US-diagnosed shoulder disorders of patients with shoulder pain referred from general practice is unknown. We set out to determine the frequency of specific US-diagnosed shoulder disorders in daily practice in these patients and to investigate if the disorders detected differ between specific subgroups based on age and duration of pain.
methodsA predefined selection of 240 ultrasound reports of patients with shoulder pain (20 reports for each month in 2011) from a general hospital (Orbis Medical Centre Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands) were descriptively analysed. Inclusion criteria were: (i) referral from general practice, (ii) age ≥ 18 years, and (iii) unilateral shoulder examination. Subgroups were created for age (<65 years and ≥ 65 years) and duration of pain (acute or subacute (<12 weeks) and chronic (≥ 12 weeks)). The occurrence of each specific disorder is expressed as absolute and relative frequencies.
resultsWith 29%, calcific tendonitis was the most frequently diagnosed disorder, followed by subacromial-subdeltoid bursitis (12%), tendinopathy (11%), partial-thickness tears (11%), full-thickness tears (8%) and AC-osteoarthritis (0.4%). For 40% of patients, no disorders were found on US. Significantly more full thickness-tears were found in the ≥ 65 years group. 'No disorders' was reported significantly more often in the <65 years group. The supraspinatus tendon was the most frequently affected tendon (72%).
conclusionsCalcific tendonitis is the most common US-diagnosed disorder affecting patients in general practice, followed by subacromial-subdeltoid bursitis, tendinopathy, partial- and full-thickness tears and AC-osteoarthritis. Full-thickness tears were diagnosed significantly more frequently in patients ≥ 65 years, while 'no disorders' was more frequently reported in patients <65 years. Our findings imply that patients can be stratified into diagnostic subgroups, allowing more tailored treatment than currently applied.
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