Table 4.
Relevant characteristics of the studies included in the review
| Author and year | Design and duration | Subjects’ characteristics | Sample size | Diag ST/RC | Diag LHBT | Diagnostic test ST/RC | Diagnostic test LHBT | Variables | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murthi AM et al.[16] | Incidence study, 4 years | Subjects with previous arthroscopy of subacromial syndrome or RC tendinopathy | 200 | Yes | No | Specific tests | Intra-articular LHBT arthroscopy | LHBT inflammation or degeneration | Group 1: |
| Group 1: Arthroscopy with tenosynovectomy (mean age 47) | Physical findings | 34% of subjects with partial rupture of the RC. | |||||||
| Group 2: Arthroscopy with tenodesis (Mean age 55) | Arthrography | Pathology of RC | 57% patients with complete rupture of the RC. | ||||||
| Subject’s gender is not specified | 49% patients with associated degenerative and inflammatory signs of LHBT | ||||||||
| Group2: | |||||||||
| 63% of cases show microscopic changes of inflammation. | |||||||||
| 9% cases with signs of inflammation and calcification. | |||||||||
| 15% of the patients with fibrosis | |||||||||
| Singajaru, VM et al.[20] | Histological study of cases and controls | Intervention group: | 28 | Yes | No | VAS scale | Shoulder pain | Presence of GCRP and Substance P (evidence inflammation) | |
| 14 subjects with previous arthroscopy of the shoulder | Yegarson’s test | Functional limitation | The tendon and the sheath of 11 out of 14 subjects were affected (78.5%) | ||||||
| Mean age 51-52 | Speed’s test | Histological changes of the biceps tendon and sheath | |||||||
| Control group: | O’brien’s test | ||||||||
| 14 cadavers without RC alterations | Crank’s test | ||||||||
| Mean age 72-76 | |||||||||
| Subject’s gender is not specified | |||||||||
| Chelli BM et al.[21] | Descriptive prevalence study 2 years | Subjects with previously diagnosed pathology of RC. | 64 | Yes | Ultrasonography MR | Ultrasonography MR | Most frequent age of lesion | 55 patients with affectation of the ST (85.9%) | |
| Mean age 56 (35–75) | Most injured shoulder | 16 patients with associated affectation of LHBT (29.1%) | |||||||
| 35 males and 29 females | Full and partial rupture of: supraspinatus tendon, infraspinatus tendon, subscapularis tendon and LHBT | ||||||||
| Braun S. et al.[22] | Cohort study | Subjects with shoulder pathologies | 207 | No | Yes | Arthroscopy | No | Pulley tears | 67 patients were affected by biceps pulley (32.3%), of which 45 had alterations of the supraspinatus tendon (22%). |
| Mean age 48,5 155 males and 74 females | Pulley tears Pulley width | ||||||||
| Position of the biceps tendon | |||||||||
| Other tendon injuries | |||||||||
| RC injury | |||||||||
| Modi CS et al.[23] | Analytical retrospective | Patients with RC pathology following arthroscopy. | 100 | Yes | Hawkins’ test | Arthroscopy | Age | 62 patients with thinning/lossof the supraspinatus tendon (62%) | |
| Without physiotherapy treatment for over 6 months. | Neer’s test | Kind of previous repair | 22 lesions of LHBT (22%) | ||||||
| Impingement signs + | Ultrasonography | Associated synovitis | |||||||
| Subjects over 35 years | MR | Biceps degeneration | |||||||
| Subject’s gender is not specified | Labrum degeneration | ||||||||
| Other RC lesions | |||||||||
| Osteoarthritis |