{"title":"Diagnostic Clinical Tests in Rotator Cuff Tear: Which and Why?","authors":"V. Pandey","doi":"10.13107/aja.2021.v06i01.021","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Rotator cuff tear is a leading cause of shoulder pain resulting in varying degree of disability to perform activities of daily living. A methodical history taking and focussed clinical examination helps in establishing the clinical diagnosis. A number of tests are mentioned in the literature to test the integrity of rotator cuff. This narrative review will focus upon methodology of each test, and their diagnostic accuracy.\nKeywords: Rotator cuff tear; Impingement; Clinical tests; Diagnosis.\n\n","PeriodicalId":331352,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Arthroscopy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asian Journal of Arthroscopy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13107/aja.2021.v06i01.021","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Rotator cuff tear is a leading cause of shoulder pain resulting in varying degree of disability to perform activities of daily living. A methodical history taking and focussed clinical examination helps in establishing the clinical diagnosis. A number of tests are mentioned in the literature to test the integrity of rotator cuff. This narrative review will focus upon methodology of each test, and their diagnostic accuracy.
Keywords: Rotator cuff tear; Impingement; Clinical tests; Diagnosis.