Taboury 1992.

Clinical features and settings	Inclusion criteria: Not reported Exclusion criteria: Not reported Duration of symptoms: Not reported Previous treatments: Not reported Care setting: Tertiary
Participants	Place of study: Paris, France Period of study: Not reported Number of participants eligible: 24 participants Number of participants enrolled IT and RS: ‐ US and open surgery: 24 participants Data available for analyses: ‐ US and open surgery: 24 participants Age: Not reported Gender: Not reported Dominant arm: Not reported Nature of onset: Not reported
Study design	Primary objective: To compare the results of US to open surgery in order to evaluate the characteristics of the rotator cuff tears Study design: Prospective accuracy cohort study Unclear whether consecutive recruitment Language: French
Target condition and reference standard(s)	Target conditions: Presence of any rotator cuff tears Reference standard(s): Open surgery ‐ Description of technique: Not reported ‐ Criteria for a positive result: Not reported
Index and comparator tests	Index test(s): US ‐ Description of technique: Scanner: 5 to 10 MHz linear or vectorial short focal probe Technique: Static and dynamic examination of rotator cuff tendons Patient position: Patients seated with the arm in adduction and internal rotation by asking the patients to place their arm behind their back ‐ Criteria for a positive result: Not reported ‐ Time from symptoms to index test: Not reported ‐ Time from index test to reference standard: Not reported
Follow‐up	Adverse events due to index test(s): Not reported Adverse events due to reference standard test(s): Not reported
Notes	Mr Jean‐Philippe Regnaux and Mr Ludovic Trinquart kindly translated into English and extracted the data of this study A two‐by‐two table of the ITs and RS was given, which tallied with the reported summary data
Table of Methodological Quality
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Representative spectrum? All tests	Unclear	Unclear whether consecutive recruitment
Acceptable reference standard? All tests	Unclear	The reference standard was open surgery and the target condition was presence of any rotator cuff tears
Acceptable delay between tests? All tests	Unclear	The study did not report the time elapsed between the index tests and reference standard
Partial verification avoided? All tests	Yes	All patients who received the index test went on to receive verification of their disease status using a reference standard
Differential verification avoided? All tests	Yes	All participants included in the analyses received open surgery, regardless of the results of their index test
Incorporation avoided? All tests	Yes	The index test did not form part of the reference standard
Index test results blinded? All tests	Yes	The person undertaking the index test was blinded to the results of the standard reference
Reference standard results blinded? All tests	Yes	The reference standard results were performed blind to the results of the index test
Relevant clinical information? All tests	Unclear	Insufficient information was given
Uninterpretable results reported? All tests	Yes	The number of results reported agrees with the number of patients recruited
Withdrawals explained? All tests	Yes	No participants were excluded from the analysis
Learning curve / training reported of index test? All tests	Unclear	Insufficient information was given
Learning curve / training reported of reference standard? All tests	Unclear	Insufficient information was given
Index test criteria for a positive test result reported? All tests	No	Not reported