Table III.
Parameters at first and second MRI evaluations regarding cuff and humeral head migration.
| Case | Supraspinatus (tear∗/fatty infiltration†) |
Infraspinatus (tear∗/fatty infiltration†) |
Teres minor (tear∗/fatty infiltration†) |
ACHD (mm, mean values) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First MRI | Second MRI | First MRI | Second MRI | First MRI | Second MRI | First MRI | Second MRI | |
| 1 | t/0 | t/2 | n/0 | n/1 | n/0 | n/1 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 2 | t/1 | t/3 | n/0 | n/0 | n/0 | n/0 | 8 | 5.5 |
| 3 | p/0 | p/1 | n/0 | p/0 | n/0 | n/0 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 4 | n/0 | 2/N/A | n/0 | n/N/A | n/0 | n/N/A | 6.5 | 4 |
| 5 | p/0 | p/0 | p/0 | p/0 | n/0 | n/0 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| 6 | t/0 | t/1 | p/0 | p/1 | n/0 | n/0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 7 | t/1 | t/2 | p/1 | t/4 | n/0 | n/0 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | n/0 | p/0 | n/0 | p/0 | n/0 | n/0 | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | p/0 | p/0 | n/0 | n/0 | n/0 | n/0 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 10 | n/0 | t/0 | n/0 | p/0 | n/0 | n/0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 11 | p/0 | t/1 | n/0 | n/1 | n/0 | n/0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 12 | t/2 | t/3 | p/0 | p/0 | n/0 | n/0 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | n/0 | p/1 | n/0 | n/1 | n/0 | n/0 | 7 | 6 |
| 14 | t/0 | t/1 | p/0 | p/1 | n/0 | n/0 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| 15 | p/1 | p/2 | n/0 | n/2 | n/0 | n/1 | 7.5 | 8.5 |
| 16 | p/0 | p/1 | p/0 | p/1 | n/0 | n/0 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 17 | n/0 | p/1 | n/0 | n/1 | n/0 | n/0 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 18 | p/0 | t/1 | p/0 | p/1 | n/0 | n/1 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 19 | t/0 | t/1 | p/0 | t/1 | n/0 | n/0 | 9.5 | 4.5 |
| 20 | p/0 | t/0 | n/0 | p/0 | n/0 | n/0 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 21 | t/0 | t/2 | p/0 | p/1 | n/0 | n/0 | 8 | 8.5 |
ACHD, acromionhumeral distance; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; N/A, not available.
Gray shaded: progression in fatty infiltration between the two MRIs.
(n: none, p: partial, t: transmural).
Fatty infiltration was classified as stage 1 through 4 by Goutallier.17