Hedtmann 1995.

Clinical features and settings
Participants	Number of participants eligible: 4172 participants Number of participants enrolled IT and RS: ‐ US and surgery: 1227 participants
Study design
Target condition and reference standard(s)	Target conditions: Presence of any rotator cuff tears Reference standard(s): Open surgery
Index and comparator tests	Index test(s): US
Follow‐up
Notes	Awaiting translation ‐ German article The information was collected from titles and abstracts that were reported in English