title: Shoulder impingement syndrome: relationships between clinical, functional, and radiologic findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although there has been much research about imaging methods for shoulder impingement syndrome, the clinical information and upper limb level of disability have been generally ignored. The purpose of this study was to detect the relationships between clinical, functional, and radiologic variables in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional, clinical, and radiologic study was planned and 59 shoulders of 58 consecutive patients waiting for physical therapy because of a clinically suspected shoulder impingement syndrome were included into this study. Comprehensive clinical examination, radiography, shoulder ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging were performed in the same month.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Despite the high sensitivities of ultrasonography for diagnosing rotator cuff tears (98.1%) and biceps pathologies (100%), magnetic resonance imaging was superior to ultrasonography in many important shoulder structures such as a glenoid labral tear and subacromial bursal effusion/hypertrophy (P < 0.01). These structures were the determinants of the shoulder's disability measured by disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand questionnaire.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging had comparable high accuracy for identifying the biceps pathologies and rotator cuff tears. The basic clinical tests had modest accuracy in both disorders. The choice of which imaging test to perform should be based on the patient's clinical information (regarding lesion of glenoid labrum, joint capsule, muscle, and bone), cost, and imaging experience of the radiology department.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hand Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation I, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Turkey
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ardic
authors.forename: Yasar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kacar
authors.forename: Mehmet Cemal
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.forename: Gulin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Findikoglu
authors.forename: Z Rezan
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Yorgancioglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002062:Bursitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D016015:Logistic Models; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019534:Shoulder Impingement Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography