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. 2021 Oct 21;6(1):84–90. doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2021.09.002

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)
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