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. 2021 Jul 28;2(7):552–561. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.27.BJO-2021-0081.R1

Table III.

Muscle volume (cm3) per pathology and comparison with the literature.

Method Present study Holzbauer et al26 Juul-Kristensen et al27 Juul-Kristensen et al27 Piepers et al28 Vidt et al29 Matsumura et al30 Henninger et al31 Jeong et al32
CT MRI MRI Dissection CT MRI MRI MRI MRI
Subjects Healthy CTA IRCT OA Healthy Healthy Cadaveric specimens Healthy Healthy Healthy Cadaveric specimens Healthy
Age, yrs 36 77 71 69 29 40 79 57 75 72 N/A 43
Supraspinatus volume, mean (SD) 67 (19) 25 (12) 30 (14) 38 (13) 50 (20) 48 (8) 30 (12) N/A 40 (15) 28 (6) 41 (21) 15 (6)
Subscapularis volume, mean (SD) 195 (62) 98 (40) 111 (40) 107 (36) 165 (64) 154 (22) 90 (20) 123 (36) 103 (32) 95 (26) 107 (45) 30 (15)
Infraspinatus volume, mean (SD) 141 (42) 68 (25) 83 (36) 95 (35) 119 (47) 125 (16) 84 (9) 119 (30) 102 (28) 74 (19) 116 (41) 21 (9)
Teres minor volume, mean (SD) 31 (12) 19 (11) 21 (10) 20 (11) 28 (14) 25 (8) 13 (6) 13 (15)

CTA, cuff tear arthropathy; IRCT, irreparable rotator cuff tear; OA, osteoarthritis; SD, standard deviation.