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. 2011 Jan 5;6:1. doi: 10.1186/1749-799X-6-1

Table 2.

Relationships between lag signs, bony structural changes and morphological osseous properties versus location of the tendinous tear and muscular quality.

P-Values calculated with the Fisher's exact statistical test between colum and row (number of cases) Subscapular muscular quality Infraspinatus muscular quality teres minor muscular quality Subscapular tendon tear Supraspinatus tendon tear Infraspinatus tendon tear teres minor tendon tear
exorotation in adduction 0,16 (166) 0,113 (167) <0,001 (137) 0,05 (234) 1 (208) 1 (208) 0,003 (121)

exorotation in abduction 0,367 (88) 1 (89) <0,001 (76) 0,834 (123) 0,519 (100) 1 (100) 0,052 (66)

hornblower's sign 0,547 (103) 0,092 (65) 0,004 (45) 0,432 (76) 0,548 (72) 0,548 (72) 0,002 (55)

press belly test <0,001 (111) 1 (110) 0,82 (100) <0,001 (132) 0,247 (118) 0,503 (119) 0,387 (94)

Upward migration index 0,305 (231) 0,019 (230) 0,029 (190) 0,373 (304) 0,665 (277) 0,012 (278) 0,794 (170)

Medialisation 0,281 (231) 0,59 (230) 0,332 (190) 0,705 (304) 0,253 (278) 0,252 (170)

Femoralisation 0,519 (231) <0,001 (230) <0,001 (190) 0,042 (304) 0,496 (277) 0,003 (278) <0,001 (170)

Medial erosion of the glenoid 0,293 (231) 0,165 (230) 0,029 (190) 0,024 (303) 0,66 (276) 0,65 (277) 0,428 (170)

Acetabularisation 0,684 (231) 0,018 (230) 0,419 (190) 1 (304) 1 (277) 0,164 (278) 0,141 (170)

lateral acromion angle 0,277 (231) 0,774 (230) 0,796 (190) 0,69 (304) 1 (277) 1 (278) 0,793 (170)

acromial index 0,28 (231) 0,474 (230) 0,339 (190) 0,256 (304) 0,653 (277) 0,647 (278) 0,113 (170)

acromial thickness 0,084 (231) 0,076 (230) 0,756 (190) 0,901 (304) 1 (277) 0,819 (278) 0,526 (170)

Glenoid inclination angle 0,185 (231) 0,052 (230) 0,347 (190) 0,172 (304) 0,665 (277) 0,068 (278) 0,341 (170)