Open AccessWhat is the Best Clinical Test for Assessment of the Teres Minor in Massive Rotator Cuff Tears?
Author(s) -
Philippe Collin,
Thomas Treseder,
Patrick J. Denard,
Lionel Neyton,
Gilles Walch,
Alexandre Lädermann
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-015-4392-9
Subject(s) - medicine , rotator cuff , tears , orthopedic surgery , rotator cuff injury , nuclear medicine , surgery , radiology
Few studies define the clinical signs to evaluate the integrity of teres minor in patients with massive rotator cuff tears. CT and MRI, with or without an arthrogram, can be limited by image quality, soft tissue density, motion artifact, and interobserver reliability. Additionally, the ill-defined junction between the infraspinatus and teres minor and the larger muscle-to-tendon ratio of the teres minor can contribute to error. Therefore, we wished to determine the validity of clinical testing for teres minor tears.