ArticleClinics in shoulder and elbow2021
Calcific tendinitis of the shoulder in the Korean population: demographics and its relation with coexisting rotator cuff tear.
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- Is Calcific Tendinitis a Risk Factor for Rotator Cuff Tears? A Retrospective Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Case-Control Study.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2026Article
- Calcific tendonitis of the shoulder; when should we operate?Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2026Article
- Is calcification integral to enthesopathy and tendinopathy rather than a separate disease process?Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Quantitative Spatial Analysis on Radiographic Features of Rotator Cuff Calcifications: An Exploratory Study.Biomedicines · 2025Article
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- Effect of magnetic microbeads on sustained and targeted delivery of transforming growth factor-beta-1 for rotator cuff healing in a rat rotator cuff repair model.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Risk Factor Analysis for Predicting the Onset of Rotator Cuff Calcific Tendinitis Based on Artificial Intelligence.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
- Is common the rotator cuff tear in the calcific tendinitis?Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate the demographics, clinical and radiographic features of calcific tendinitis of the shoulder in the Korean population, specifically focusing on the incidence of coexisting rotator cuff tear.
methodsBetween October 2014 and January 2015, we performed a prospective multicenter study with 506 patients from 11 training hospitals in Korea. We collected data of demographics and radiographic analysis based on simple radiographs, clinical assessments based on visual analog scale (VAS) and the American Shoulder Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score, and treatment modalities that are used currently. We also evaluated coexisting rotator cuff tear by ultrasonography (US) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images.
resultsThere were 402 female patients (79%) with mean age of 55 years (range, 31-87 years). Mean duration of symptoms was 16 months. Mean size of calcific materials was 11.4 mm (range, 0-35 mm). Mean value of VAS and ASES scores were 6.5 (range, 1-10) and 47 (range, 8-95), respectively. Of 383 patients (76%), 59 (15%) had rotator cuff tear including 15 full-thickness tears on US or MRI. Patients with rotator cuff tears were significantly associated with older age, recurrent symptoms, menstrual disorders in females, and having undergone calcification removal surgery and rotator cuff repair (all p<0.05).
conclusionsThis study reported demographic, radiographic, and clinical features of calcific tendinitis of the shoulder in Korean population, which were not different from those of Western population. Coexisting rotator cuff tear was found with 15% incidence in this large series, suggesting that further radiographic study to evaluate rotator cuff tear might be needed in some calcific tendinitis patients of older age and presenting with recurrent symptoms.
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