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A prospective evaluation combining the shoulder impingement view and arthrography was made in patients presenting with chronic shoulder pain. Five hundred and twenty-three patients with chronic shoulder pain were X-rayed using conventional views and impingement views. One hundred of these patients (mean age 62 years) had subacromial bony spurs on the impingement view; these underwent arthrography. They were divided into two groups according to the degree of spur formation — whether or not the size of the spur exceeded one half of the acromial width as measured from the outer margin to the acromioclavicular joint. Of the 100 subacromial spurs demonstrated on the impingement view, only 18 were visible on the conventional view as assessed by an independent radiologist. Arthrography showed 35 cases of rotator cuff tear. The size of the bony spur was strongly associated with the incidence of rotator cuff tear (P < 0.02).
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Jim, Y.F., Chang, C.Y., Wu, J.J. et al. Shoulder impingement syndrome: impingement view and arthrography study based on 100 cases. Skeletal Radiol. 21, 449–451 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00190989
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