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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 74-B, Issue 3, 414-415
Copyright © 1992 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Clinical diagnosis of tears of the rotator cuff

AR Lyons and JE Tomlinson

Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, England.

We have studied the reported clinical assessment of the presence and extent of a rotator cuff tear in 42 patients presenting to a special shoulder clinic. This pre-operative diagnosis was compared with the findings at operation. The clinical tests had a sensitivity of 91% and a specificity of 75%. It is important to exploit clinical examination before resorting to costly and sometimes harmful special investigations.


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