Accompanying muscle changes may be important determinants of the prognosis. The aim of this study was to compare histological muscle changes in partial-thickness to full-thickness tears of the ...

Tears were the most common pathology affecting supraspinatus accounting for 52% of all supraspinatus pathology and intrasubstance tears were the most common type of tear accounting for 51% of all ...

146 different test combinations were identified. 9% of the studies included patients with full-thickness supraspinatus tears and 46% did not. Conclusion The terminology varied considerably across ...