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Ultrasound Dimensions of the Rotator Cuff and Other Associated Structures in Korean Healthy Adults

In evaluating patients complaining of shoulder pain, ultrasonography is an emerging imaging tool due to convenience, low cost, high sensitivity and specificity. However, normative values of ultrasound dimensions of the shoulder to be compared with pathologic findings in Korean adults are not provide...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kyeongwon, Kim, Hong Geum, Song, Daeheon, Yoon, Jung Yoon, Chung, Myung Eun
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Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27510393
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.9.1472
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author Kim, Kyeongwon
Kim, Hong Geum
Song, Daeheon
Yoon, Jung Yoon
Chung, Myung Eun
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Kim, Hong Geum
Song, Daeheon
Yoon, Jung Yoon
Chung, Myung Eun
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description In evaluating patients complaining of shoulder pain, ultrasonography is an emerging imaging tool due to convenience, low cost, high sensitivity and specificity. However, normative values of ultrasound dimensions of the shoulder to be compared with pathologic findings in Korean adults are not provided yet. We evaluated the ultrasound dimensions of the rotator cuff, long head of biceps tendon, deltoid muscle and acromioclavicular joint in Korean healthy adults. Shoulder ultrasonography was performed on 200 shoulders from 100 healthy adults. The dimensions of the thickness of rotator cuff (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis tendon), deltoid muscle, long head of biceps tendon, subacromial subdeltoid bursa, and acromioclavicular joint interval were measured in a standardized manner. Differences in measurements among sex, age, and dominant arms were compared. The thickness of rotator cuff tendons (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis) and deltoid muscle were significantly different between men and women. The thickness of subacromial subdeltoid bursa was significantly different between men and women for non-dominant side. In rotator cuff tendon measurements, the differences between dominant and non-dominant shoulders were not significant, which means the asymptomatic contralateral shoulder can be used to estimate the normal reference values. When stratified by age divided by 10 years, the measurements of supraspinatus, subscapularis and deltoid thickness showed tendency of increase with the age. The acromioclavicular joint interval, on the other hand, revealed decreasing tendency. This report suggests normative values of ultrasound dimensions of healthy Korean population with varying age, and can be useful as reference values in evaluating shoulder pathology, especially in rotator cuff tendon pathology.
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spelling pubmed-49741912016-09-01 Ultrasound Dimensions of the Rotator Cuff and Other Associated Structures in Korean Healthy Adults Kim, Kyeongwon Kim, Hong Geum Song, Daeheon Yoon, Jung Yoon Chung, Myung Eun J Korean Med Sci Original Article In evaluating patients complaining of shoulder pain, ultrasonography is an emerging imaging tool due to convenience, low cost, high sensitivity and specificity. However, normative values of ultrasound dimensions of the shoulder to be compared with pathologic findings in Korean adults are not provided yet. We evaluated the ultrasound dimensions of the rotator cuff, long head of biceps tendon, deltoid muscle and acromioclavicular joint in Korean healthy adults. Shoulder ultrasonography was performed on 200 shoulders from 100 healthy adults. The dimensions of the thickness of rotator cuff (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis tendon), deltoid muscle, long head of biceps tendon, subacromial subdeltoid bursa, and acromioclavicular joint interval were measured in a standardized manner. Differences in measurements among sex, age, and dominant arms were compared. The thickness of rotator cuff tendons (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis) and deltoid muscle were significantly different between men and women. The thickness of subacromial subdeltoid bursa was significantly different between men and women for non-dominant side. In rotator cuff tendon measurements, the differences between dominant and non-dominant shoulders were not significant, which means the asymptomatic contralateral shoulder can be used to estimate the normal reference values. When stratified by age divided by 10 years, the measurements of supraspinatus, subscapularis and deltoid thickness showed tendency of increase with the age. The acromioclavicular joint interval, on the other hand, revealed decreasing tendency. This report suggests normative values of ultrasound dimensions of healthy Korean population with varying age, and can be useful as reference values in evaluating shoulder pathology, especially in rotator cuff tendon pathology. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2016-09 2016-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4974191/ /pubmed/27510393 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.9.1472 Text en © 2016 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Yoon, Jung Yoon
Chung, Myung Eun
Ultrasound Dimensions of the Rotator Cuff and Other Associated Structures in Korean Healthy Adults
title Ultrasound Dimensions of the Rotator Cuff and Other Associated Structures in Korean Healthy Adults
title_full Ultrasound Dimensions of the Rotator Cuff and Other Associated Structures in Korean Healthy Adults
title_fullStr Ultrasound Dimensions of the Rotator Cuff and Other Associated Structures in Korean Healthy Adults
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasound Dimensions of the Rotator Cuff and Other Associated Structures in Korean Healthy Adults
title_short Ultrasound Dimensions of the Rotator Cuff and Other Associated Structures in Korean Healthy Adults
title_sort ultrasound dimensions of the rotator cuff and other associated structures in korean healthy adults
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27510393
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.9.1472
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