Observational studyMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2019
Role of Ultrasound in the Detection of Rotator-Cuff Syndrome: An Observational Study.
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- Efficacy of therapeutic ultrasound in the treatment of chronic calcific shoulder tendinitis: a randomized trial.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Trial
- Comprehensive supervised heavy training program versus home training regimen in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: a randomized trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
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- Evaluating diagnostic consistency: intra and interobserver agreement in rotator cuff tear classification using ultrasound videos.Skeletal radiology · 2026Article
- Comparison of two types of platelet-rich plasma in rotator cuff injury: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Radiological characteristics of shoulder diseases in older adults, including adhesive capsulitis, rotator cuff tear, and osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint: a narrative review.Ewha medical journal · 2025Review
- The comparison of the efficacy of intramuscular tetracosactide and subacromial triamcinolone injection in rotator cuff tendinitis: a randomized trial.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2025Article
- [Research progress of ultrasound in diagnosis and treatment of shoulder joint diseases].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2024Review
- Pattern of Radiographic and Sonographic Findings of Adult Patients Presented with Shoulder Pain at Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2023Article
- Ultrasound Use by Upper Extremity Surgeons in 2020: A Survey of ASSH Members.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Present situation and development prospects of the diagnosis and treatment of rotator cuff tears.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Review
- Advances toward transformative therapies for tendon diseases.Science translational medicine · 2022Review
- Arthroscopic Ultrasound-Guided Needling: An Effective Technique for the Treatment of Calcific Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy.Arthroscopy techniques · 2021Article
- Rotator cuff assessment on imaging.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
- The Ultrasonographic Features of Shoulder Pain Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in South China.BioMed research international · 2020Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND Physical tests are usually preferred to assess rotator-cuff syndrome but are insufficient to predict the morphology and size of the rotator-cuff. The objective of the study was to rate the ultrasound findings for patients with sudden shoulder pain and to determine potential predictors of the same. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 112 patients with sudden shoulder pain with rotator-cuff syndrome, suspected by orthopedic doctors, were subjected to ultrasonography. Real-time ultrasonography was done for the acromioclavicular joint, biceps, infraspinatus, posterior labrum, subscapularis, supraspinatus, teres minor tendon, and the sub-acromial-subdeltoid bursa. Each tendon was assessed via scanning planes in orientation as per longer and shorter axis, and from their myotendinous junction shoulder to bony insertions. Linear and logistic regression analysis were performed to predict the associations of medical history with rotator-cuff injury. RESULTS Ultrasonography identified that 82% of the enrolled patients had at least one particular cause of the rotator-cuff disorder. Among the rotator-cuff disorders, calcific tendonitis (54%) was observed more frequently followed by tendinopathy (32%), subacromial-subdeltoid bursitis (22%), and partial thickness tear (21%). Also, 46 patients (41%) had multiple findings. Older age (older than 40 years) was a strong predicting factor of rotator-cuff disorder (r²=0.36, P=0.0004). CONCLUSIONS Ultrasonography is a vital diagnostic procedure used by orthopedic surgeons for diagnosis of the rotator-cuff disorder(s) in patients with sudden shoulder pain.
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