2. Comparison of MRI and US for detection of rotator cuff tears (any, partial or full thickness) limited to studies in which all participants received both MRI and US (direct comparison).
| Study | Cases | Non‐cases | MRI | US | Difference in sensitivity (95% CI) | Difference in specificity (95% CI) | ||
| Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | |||||
| Any rotator cuff tears | ||||||||
| Iannotti 2005 | 79 | 20 | 95 (88, 99) | 75 (51, 91) | 96 (89, 99) | 80 (56, 94) | ‐1 (‐8, 5) | ‐5 (‐31, 21) |
| Martin‐Hervas 2001 | 34 | 27 | 91 (76, 98) | 74 (54, 89) | 71 (53, 85) | 67 (46, 83) | 21 (3, 39) | 7 (‐17, 32) |
| Teefey 2004 | 65 | 6 | 100 (94, 100) | 67 (22, 96) | 97 (89, 100) | 67 (22, 96) | 3 (‐1, 7) | 0 (‐53, 53) |
| Full thickness tears | ||||||||
| Iannotti 2005 | 42 | 57 | 95 (84, 99) | 88 (76, 95) | 88 (74, 96) | 82 (70, 91) | 7 (‐5, 19) | 5 (‐8, 18) |
| Martin‐Hervas 2001 | 26 | 35 | 81 (61, 93) | 97 (85, 100) | 58 (37, 77) | 100 (90, 100) | 23 (‐1, 47) | ‐3 (‐8, 3) |
| Swen 1999 | 13 | 8 | 77 (46, 95) | 88 (47, 100) | 92 (64, 100) | 88 (47, 100) | ‐15 (‐42, 12) | 0 (‐32, 32) |
| Teefey 2004 | 46 | 25 | 100 (92, 100) | 68 (46, 85) | 98 (88, 100) | 80 (59, 93) | 2 (‐2, 6) | ‐12 (‐36, 12) |
| Partial thickness tears | ||||||||
| Iannotti 2005 | 37 | 62 | 73 (56, 86) | 90 (80, 96) | 70 (53, 84) | 89 (78, 95) | 3 (‐18, 23) | 2 (‐9, 12) |
| Martin‐Hervas 2001 | 8 | 53 | 50 (16, 84) | 75 (62, 86) | 13 (0, 53) | 68 (54, 80) | 38 (‐4, 79) | 8 (‐10, 25) |
| Teefey 2004 | 19 | 52 | 63 (38, 84) | 98 (90, 100) | 68 (43, 87) | 96 (87, 100) | ‐5 (‐35, 25) | 2 (‐4, 8) |