Dynamic ultrasound is the best imaging modality to assess postoperative rotator cuff integrity and function for many clinical reasons. All patients can have an ultrasound study. Unlike with a CT ...

Published results showed a significant relation between the size of the posterosuperior rotator cuff tear with the development of subscapularis and long head of the biceps pathology.Researchers ...

Rotator cuff pathology affected at least one of the rotator cuff components in 65% of cases. ... < 0.05). When recoded, an 'intact' rotator cuff on ultrasound demonstrated an OR of 1.3 for a PAR ...

Methods Participants were grouped using ultrasound or arthroscopic diagnosis of cuff integrity and subdivided by the treatments being undertaken.. Control—under 35 years, no history of rotator cuff ...

Ultrasound measurement of rotator cuff thickness and acromio-humeral distance in the diagnosis of subacromial impingement syndrome of the shoulder. ... Pathology of the rotator cuff and subacromial ...

While ultrasound is usually viewed as more cost effective, MRI is most often used to evaluate the rotator cuff. When performing a cost utility analysis, utilizing an ultrasound as the initial ...

While ultrasound is usually viewed as more cost effective, MRI is most often used to evaluate the rotator cuff. When performing a cost utility analysis, utilizing an ultrasound as the initial ...

Rotator cuff tear. The tendons in your shoulder can become frayed, ... Ultrasound, which shows soft tissue areas such as tendons and muscles and how your shoulder looks as it's moving.

A 65-year-old man attends complaining of a painful shoulder. The pain has been going on for about three months and wakes him when he lies on that side at night. There is no history of trauma.

Failure of the rotator-cuff tendons due to either tear or wear is the most common clinical problem of the shoulder, accounting for more than 4.5 million physician visits per year in the United ...

A friend of mine recently came off his bike and “made a mess of his shoulder”. He was in intense pain and couldn’t raise his arm 90 degrees. He went to A&E where X-rays showed no damage had ...

Ultrasound evidence of a biceps tendon sheath effusion (OR 8.0; p < 0.01) and an intact rotator cuff (OR 1.3; p < 0.05) were associated with PAR to GHJ injection.