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Risk factors for full-thickness rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The substantial economic burden of rotator cuff pathology: A nationwide cost-of-illness study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Preoperative Anxiety Levels and Postoperative Opioid Use in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Cohort Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Does sarcopenia influence rotator cuff tear patterns? Radiological insights from patients with rotator cuff syndrome.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- The Acromial Index, but Not the Critical Shoulder Angle, Affects Functional and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Rotator Cuff Tears.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Rotator Cuff Tears and Shoulder Pain in Older Baseball Players: A Cross-sectional Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- A 2-sample Mendelian randomization study investigating ever smoking as a risk factor for rotator cuff injury.Medicine · 2025Article
- Influence of supraspinatus retraction size on functional outcome after arthroscopic direct repair.International orthopaedics · 2025Article
- The Effect of Vitamin D Deficiency on Post-operative Outcomes Following Rotator Cuff Repair: A Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2025Review
- Asymptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears Among the Indian Population: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Tear Characteristics.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Predictability and functional impact of lateral acromioplasty using preoperative 2D planning on the correction of the critical shoulder angle (CSA) in patients with rotator cuff repair.JSES international · 2024Article
- Characteristics of Traumatic Versus Atraumatic Rotator Cuff Tears in Patients Under 50 Years of Age.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Causal relationship between sarcopenia and rotator cuff tears: a Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Mitochondrial Biogenesis as a Therapeutic Target for Rotator Cuff Tendon Tears.Journal of orthopaedics and sports medicine · 2023Article
- Risk factors for symptomatic rotator cuff tears: a retrospective case-control study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Rotator cuff tears are a common condition of the shoulder, and 20.7% of people with the condition have a full-thickness rotator cuff tear. The purpose of this study was to explore the risk factors for full-thickness rotator cuff tears and to provide evidence to support the accurate diagnosis of full-thickness rotator cuff tears.Studies from PubMed, Embase and Web of Science published before 30 January 2021 were retrieved. All cohort studies and cross-sectional studies on risk factors for full-thickness rotator cuff tears were included. A meta-analysis was performed in RevMan 5.3 to calculate the relative risks (RRs) or weighted mean differences (WMDs) of related risk factors. Stata 15.1 was used for the quantitative analysis of publication bias.In total, 11 articles from six countries, including 4047 cases, with 1518 cases and 2529 controls, were included. The meta-analysis showed that age (MD = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.24 to 1.28, P = 0.004), hypertension (RR = 1.46, 95% CI: 1.17 to 1.81, P = 0.0007) and critical shoulder angle (CSA) (MD = 2.02, 95% CI: 1.55 to 2.48, P < 0.00001) were risk factors for full-thickness rotator cuff tears.Our results also suggested that body mass index, sex, dominant hand, smoking, diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease were not risk factors for full-thickness rotator cuff tears. Early identification of risk factors for full-thickness rotator cuff tears is helpful in identifying high-risk patients and choosing the appropriate treatment. Cite this article:
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