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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Foot Ankle Surg. 2015 May 19;54(5):872–875. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2015.02.012

Table 2.

This table shows sensitivity and specificity of MRI for each tendon disease using intraoperative findings as standard. The positive and negative predictive value for each pathology is also noted above.

Sensitivity
(%)		 Specificity
(%)		 Positive
Predictive Value
(%)		 Negative
Predictive Value
(%)
Tenosynovitis 81.58 (n=31/38) 75.00 (n=9/12) 91.18 56.25
PBT1 tear 85.71 (n=36/42) 62.50 (n=5/8) 92.31 45.45
Subluxation 10.00 (n=1/10) 100.00 (n=40/40) 100.00 81.63
LLMB2 3.23 (n=1/31) 94.74 (n=18/19) 50.00 37.50
1

peroneus brevis tendon

2

low lying muscle belly