Non-traumatic chronic shoulder pain is not associated with changes in rotator cuff interval tendon thickness

Navarro-Ledesma, Santiago; Struyf, Filip; Falla, Deborah; Luque-Suárez, Alejandro

doi:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.02.011

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“…Only 1 study 36 has analyzed the level of association between shoul-der pain and pectoralis minor length in a population with chronic shoulder pain, showing similar results (r = 0.09) to those obtained in the present study (r = 0.08). Moreover, other factors-such as the acromiohumeral distance, 37 the coracohumeral distance, 38 and shoulder-tendon thick-ness 39 have been studied in relation to chronic shoulder pain, also showing small associations.…”

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Association of Both Scapular Upward Rotation and Scapulothoracic Muscle Lengths With Shoulder Pain, Function, and Range of Movement

Navarro-Ledesma

Fernández‐Sánchez

Struyf

et al. 2020

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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Association of Both Scapular Upward Rotation and Scapulothoracic Muscle Lengths With Shoulder Pain, Function, and Range of Movement

Navarro-Ledesma

Fernández‐Sánchez

Struyf

et al. 2020

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

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“…The measurements were performed following recommendations from previous studies, with the patient sitting in an erect posture with the arm internally rotated, the palm placed over their iliac wing or “back pocket”, and the elbow flexed and directed medially [ 26 ], and a transverse glide was then carried out at the site to determine the exact position where the assessor evaluated the tendon thickness to be at its maximum. Supraspinatus tendon measurements were taken 2 cm laterally from the bicep tendon, where it is usually assessed [ 27 , 28 ]. Then, the skin was compressed from 2 to 5 mm [ 11 ].…”

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Mid- and Long-Term Results Using 448 kHz Stimulation on the Elasticity of the Supraspinatus Tendon Measured by Quantitative Ultrasound Elastographyin Badminton Professionals: Prospective Randomized Double-Blinded Clinical Trial with Nine Months of Follow-Up

Navarro-Ledesma

González-Muñoz²

2022

JCM

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The aim of this study is to analyse the changes that occur in the elasticity of the supraspinatus tendon after the application of a 448 kHz capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency (CRMR) at 3, 6 and 9 months in professional badminton players. A randomized double-blinded clinical trial that included 9 months of follow-up was used. A private care practice was used to recruit the participants of this study. They were randomly assigned either the CRMR treatment (n = 19) or the placebo treatment (n = 19). The experimental group received a total of nine treatments of 448 kHz CRMR divided into three treatments per week. The control group received the same regimen but with no radiofrequency. Quantitative ultrasound strain elastography was used to report the main values for three areas of the supraspinatus tendon. These were measured at the start (T1) and directly after (T2), one week after, (T3), three months after (T4), six months after (T5) and nine months after (T6) the completion of the intervention program. There were statistically significant differences in the supraspinatus tendon elasticity immediately after (p ≤ 0.001), one week after (p ≤ 0.001) and three months after (p = 0.01) the intervention program. No significant changes were found six or nine months after the intervention program. A three-week intervention program using 448 kHz produced significant changes in the elasticity of the supraspinatus tendon, with the changes lasting up to approximately three months when compared to the control group.

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“…thicknesses between the symptomatic and asymptomatic shoulders in patients with chronic unilateral shoulder pain or between controls. 15 In this study participants had no endocrine or metabolic diseases which could affect their shoulder tendon thicknesses.…”

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Ultrasonographic evaluation of shoulder tendons in patients with Hashimoto's disease

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Objectives: To investigate the thickness of the shoulder tendons and the measurement of acromiohumeral distance (AHD) in patients with Hashimoto's disease (HD). Material and Methods: Twenty-eight patients with subclinical hypothyroid HD, 40 patients with euthyroid HD, and 51 healthy subjects were included. The thicknesses of biceps brachii, subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus tendons at both shoulders were evaluated with ultrasonography. Serum levels of thyroid stimulated hormone (TSH), free tri-iodothyronine, free thyroxine (FT4), anti-thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and anti-thyroglobulin (anti-TG) antibodies levels were measured. Results: Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), free T3 and free T4 levels were similar between the three groups (P = .839, P = .205, P = .374, P = .430 and P = .497, respectively). Biceps brachii, supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendon thicknesses in dominant arm and biceps brachii, subscapularis and infraspinatus tendon thicknesses in non-dominant arm were significantly increased in euthyroid HD compared to healthy controls (P = .003, P = .030, P < .001; P = .035, P = .042, P < .001, respectively). Biceps brachii tendon thickness in dominant arm and subscapularis and supraspinatus tendon thicknesses in non-dominant arms were significantly increased in subclinical hypothyroid HD compared to healthy controls (P = .025; P = .046, P = .017, respectively). However there was no such difference between euthyroid HD and subclinical hypothyroid HD groups (P < .05). There was low correlation between biceps brachii tendon thickness and free T4 level in non-dominant shoulder in patients with HD (r = .272 P = .030). For the rest of the tendons, there was no correlation between TSH, anti-TPO, anti-TG levels and tendon thicknesses in patients with HD. Conclusions: This study suggests that thyroid autoimmunity in HD may lead to an increase in thickness of shoulder tendons.

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Non-traumatic chronic shoulder pain is not associated with changes in rotator cuff interval tendon thickness

Cited by 12 publications

References 33 publications

Association of Both Scapular Upward Rotation and Scapulothoracic Muscle Lengths With Shoulder Pain, Function, and Range of Movement

Association of Both Scapular Upward Rotation and Scapulothoracic Muscle Lengths With Shoulder Pain, Function, and Range of Movement

Mid- and Long-Term Results Using 448 kHz Stimulation on the Elasticity of the Supraspinatus Tendon Measured by Quantitative Ultrasound Elastographyin Badminton Professionals: Prospective Randomized Double-Blinded Clinical Trial with Nine Months of Follow-Up

Ultrasonographic evaluation of shoulder tendons in patients with Hashimoto's disease

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