Interobserver agreement on the sonographic severity grading of shoulder impingement syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shoulder impingement syndrome is the painful entrapment of the soft tissues between the acromion and the humeral head. The severity of shoulder impingement could be graded according to the limitation of shoulder joint moment. The reliability of sonographic findings in the grading of shoulder impingement severity grading is required to be evaluated by the consistency of findings between the observers.

Purpose

To assess the interobserver agreement in the sonographic severity grading of shoulder impingement syndrome with the help of a ratio between acromion-to-greater tuberosity distance in the abduction and neutral arm position.

Material and methods

Patients were examined by two independent observers in the coronal approach with neutral arm position. Acromion

SUBMITTER: Bacha R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160167 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature