Open AccessCorrelation between Severity of Synovitis and Clinical Features in Rotator Cuff Tears
Author(s) -
DooHyung Lee,
Kwang Hyun Lee,
Young-Hoon Jo,
Il Han Joo,
Hee Jae Lee,
Soo Jeong,
Bong Gun Lee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinics in orthopedic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-4408
pISSN - 2005-291X
DOI - 10.4055/cios20002
Subject(s) - medicine , rotator cuff , tears , synovitis , vascularity , surgery , rotator cuff injury , cuff , asymptomatic , arthroscopy , range of motion , orthopedic surgery , radiology , arthritis
Rotator cuff tears can be asymptomatic in some cases; however, even when the tear size is small, clinical symptoms can be very severe. This suggests that symptoms of rotator cuff tears are related to factors other than the size. Although synovitis has been cited as one of the factors, there is no grading system for synovitis in rotator cuff tears. Moreover, there are few studies that evaluated the relationship between synovitis and clinical features in patients with rotator cuff tears.