ReviewSkeletal radiology2020
Critical shoulder angle: what do radiologists need to know?
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Advances in Shoulder Pain Imaging: A Narrative Review of Current Practice and Emerging Trends.Current medical imaging · 2025Article
- The Development of a Yolov8-Based Model for the Measurement of Critical Shoulder Angle (CSA), Lateral Acromion Angle (LAA), and Acromion Index (AI) from Shoulder X-ray Images.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Clinical effect of modified anterolateral acromioarthroplasty during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- The Critical Shoulder Angle: A Significant Radiological Measure in Rotator Cuff vs. Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis in Chilean Patients-A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The Modified Ultrasound-Assisted Method: A Study of the Correlation between Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Ultrasound-Assisted Evaluation of the Critical Shoulder Angle.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Possibility of diagnosing rotator cuff tears in areas with scarce medical resources: can non-standard anteroposterior radiographs accurately predict rotator cuff tears?Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Risk factors for symptomatic rotator cuff tears: a retrospective case-control study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Optimization of the Grashey View Radiograph for Critical Shoulder Angle Measurement: A Reliability Assessment With Zero Echo Time MRI.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Could radio-morphological changes in humerus greater tuberosity be an early indicator of rotator cuff tendon injuries?Skeletal radiology · 2022Article
- Critical shoulder angle (CSA): age and gender distribution in the general population.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2022Article
- Critical shoulder angle does not influence retear rate after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
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Abstract
The critical shoulder angle (CSA) constitutes a straightforward and highly reproducible tool. Degenerative rotator cuff tears (RCT) are associated with a significantly larger CSA. In this review, the most relevant features of the CSA are summarized: (1) the relationship between the CSA and RCT pathophysiology, (2) accurate measurement of the CSA according to various imaging modalities, (3) the contribution of the CSA in predicting the occurrence of RCT, and (4) RCT recurrence after surgical repair.
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