Table 2: Treatment patterns for all patients with MRI by final diagnosis, as determined by MRI or by surgical finding when applicable.
Final diagnosis | Number (%) | Average age | Treatment prior to MRI | Surgery within 12 months |
Full thickness rotator cuff tear | 69 (25.1%) | 61.4 | 49 (71.0%) | 44 (63.8%) |
Partial thickness rotator cuff tear | 66 (24.0%) | 56.2 | 30 (45.5%) | 28 (42.4%) |
Massive/chronic rotator cuff tear | 29 (10.5%) | 63.4 | 20 (69.0%) | 11 (37.9%) |
Tendinitis, tendinopathy, bursitis | 61 (22.2%) | 50.1 | 45 (73.8%) | 4 (6.6%) |
Arthritis (glenohumeral) | 29 (10.5%) | 55.7 | 20 (69.0%) | 6 (20.7%) |
Adhesive capsulitis | 2 (0.7%) | 44.9 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Shoulder pain - no pathology found | 19 (6.9%) | 38.9 | 13 (68.4%) | 0 (0%) |
All diagnoses | 275 (100%) | 55.8 | 177 (64.4%) | 93 (33.8%) |