Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Examination and Imaging Findings for Identifying Subacromial Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diagnosis of subacromial pathology is limited by the poor accuracy of clinical tests for specific pathologies. The aim of this study was to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination and imaging features for identifying subacromial pain (SAP) defined by a positive response to diagnostic injection, and to evaluate the influence of imaging findings on the clinical diagnosis of SAP.

Methods and findings

In a prospective, diagnostic accuracy design, 208 consecutive patients presenting to their primary healthcare practitioner for the first time with a new episode of shoulder pain were recruited. All participants underwent a standardized clinical examination, shoulder x-ray series and diagnostic ultrasound scan. Results were compared with the response

SUBMITTER: Cadogan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5147961 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature