title: The effect of glenoid cavity depth on rotator cuff tendinitis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Some of the most important causes of shoulder pain are inflammation and degenerative changes in the rotator cuff (RC). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive and safe imaging modality. MRI can be used for the evaluation of cuff tendinopathy. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between glenoid cavity depth and cuff tendinopathy and we investigated glenoid cavity depth on the pathogenesis of cuff tendinopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively evaluated 215 patients who underwent MRI. Of these, 60 patients showed cuff tendinopathy (group A) and 54 patients showed no pathology (group B). Glenoid cavity depth was calculated in the coronal and transverse planes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean axial depth was 1.7 ± 0.9 and the mean coronal depth 3.8 ± 0.9, for group A. The mean axial depth was 3.5 ± 0.7 and the mean coronal depth 1.5 ± 0.8, for group B. There were significant differences in the axial and coronal depths between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High coronal and low axial depth of the glenoid cavity can be used to diagnose RC tendinitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Tem Avrupa Otoyolu Goztepe Cıkısi, No:1 Bagcilar, 34214, Istanbul, Turkey. memalkoc@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Melih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malkoc
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Tem Avrupa Otoyolu Goztepe Cıkısi, No:1 Bagcilar, 34214, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tugrul
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ormeci
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Tem Avrupa Otoyolu Goztepe Cıkısi, No:1 Bagcilar, 34214, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sever
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Tem Avrupa Otoyolu Goztepe Cıkısi, No:1 Bagcilar, 34214, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Tem Avrupa Otoyolu Goztepe Cıkısi, No:1 Bagcilar, 34214, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahirogulları
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D061165:Glenoid Cavity / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000473:pathology*; D019534:Shoulder Impingement Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology; D020069:Shoulder Pain; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Glenoid cavity depth; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rotator cuff tendinitis