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Diagnostic performance of clinical tests in patients with shoulder pain

Omuz ağrılı hastalarda klinik testlerin tanısalperformanslarının araştırılması

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236–244
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2022-11-05
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Despite the coexistence of multiplepathologies and low specifcity of clinical tests, clinical tests evaluatingshoulder pathologies have great importance in directing the clinicians todiagnose and plan treatments because of high sensitivity.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic performance ofclinical tests applied to patients with shoulder pain at a physical therapyoutpatient clinic.
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Key Findings & Data:Diagnosticperformance of the drop arm test to determine the supraspinatus ruptures;Yocum test to determine the subacromial and subdeltoid effusion; Pattetest and external rotation lag sign to determine infraspinatus tendonpathologies; speed test to determine biceps pathologies; and horizontaladduction test and painful arc test to determine acromioclavicular jointpathologies were found to be statistically signifcant.
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Conclusion & Impact:Despite the coexistence of multiplepathologies and low specifcity of clinical tests, clinical tests evaluatingshoulder pathologies have great importance in directing the clinicians todiagnose and plan treatments because of high sensitivity.
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⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic performance ofclinical tests applied to patients with shoulder pain at a physical therapyoutpatient clinic. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fndings were themajor determinants to evaluate the accuracy of the clinical tests. Also, therelationship between the MRI fndings and the pain and functional status ofthe shoulder were evaluated.Material and Methods: Seventy-six patients, referred to a physical therapyoutpatient clinic with shoulder pain, were included in the study. Physicalexamination of all patients and specifc clinical tests were performed fordifferent shoulder pathologies. Pain levels of patients were evaluated withthe visual analog scale and functional status of the shoulder with theShoulder Disability Questionnaire. All patients were evaluated with MRI.Sensitivity, specifcity, and positive and negative predictive values of theclinical tests were evaluated on the basis of the MRI fndings.Results: The sensitivity of the tests evaluating impingement and rotatorcuff pathologies was found to be high, but specifcity was low. Diagnosticperformance of the drop arm test to determine the supraspinatus ruptures;Yocum test to determine the subacromial and subdeltoid effusion; Pattetest and external rotation lag sign to determine infraspinatus tendonpathologies; speed test to determine biceps pathologies; and horizontaladduction test and painful arc test to determine acromioclavicular jointpathologies were found to be statistically signifcant. In this study, theseverity of pain and shoulder pathologies showed no statistically signifcantcorrelation. In terms of functional status, high scores were achieved only inthe bicipital tendinitis group.Conclusion: MRI fndings show that patients with shoulder pain mayhave multiple pathological lesions. Despite the coexistence of multiplepathologies and low specifcity of clinical tests, clinical tests evaluatingshoulder pathologies have great importance in directing the clinicians todiagnose and plan treatments because of high sensitivity.

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Amaç: Çalışmamızın amacı, fzik tedavi polikliniğine başvuran omuz ağrılıhastalarda manyetik rezonans görüntüleme (MRG) bulguları esas alınarak kliniktestlerin tanısal performans düzeylerini araştırmaktır. Ayrıca MRG bulguları ileağrı ve omzun fonksiyonel durumu arasındaki ilişki de incelenmiştir.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya omuz ağrısı nedeniyle polikliniğimizebaşvuran 76 hasta alındı. Tüm hastaların fzik muayeneleri ve farklı omuzpatolojilerine yönelik özel klinik testleri yapıldı. Hastaların ağrı düzeyleri VizüelAnalog Skala (VAS) ile değerlendirildi. Omzun fonksiyonel değerlendirilmesi Omuz Özürlülük Sorgulaması (OÖS) formu kullanılarak yapıldı. Tümhastalar MRG ile değerlendirildi. Manyetik rezonans görüntüleme bulgularıesas alınarak, uygulanan klinik testlerin seçiciliği, duyarlılığı, pozitif ve negatifve tahmini değerleri ile doğruluğu Ki-kare tablosu kullanılarak hesaplandı.Bulgular: İmpingement ve rotator kaf patolojilerini değerlendirentestlerin genel olarak duyarlılıkları yüksekken, seçicilikleri düşük bulundu.Supraspinatusta rüptürleri değerlendirmede Drop Arm; subakromial-subdeltoid efüzyonu saptamada Yocum testi, infraspinatus patolojilerinisaptamada Patte ve dış rotasyon yetmezlik belirtisi, biseps patolojilerinisaptamada Speed testi, akromiyoklaviküler eklem patolojilerini saptamadahorizontal addüksiyon testi ile ağrılı ark testinin tanısal performansıistatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulundu. Ağrı şiddeti ile omuz patolojileriarasında anlamlı ilişki bulunamadı. Fonksiyonel durum açısından sadecebisipital tendiniti olan grupta fonksiyonel skorların anlamlı olarak yüksekolduğu saptandı.Sonuç: Omuz ağrılı hastaların büyük çoğunluğunda MRGde çoklupatolojik lezyon olması ve klinik testlerin çoğunun patolojiyi saptamadadüşük seçicilik oranlarına rağmen yüksek duyarlılık oranlarına sahipolması, tedaviyi planlama ve eşlik eden patolojileri belirleme açısındanklinik testlerin önemli bir role sahip olduğunu göstermektedir.

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NACIR, B., KARAGÖZ, A., ŞENGÜL, M., ERDEM, H. R. (2022). Diagnostic performance of clinical tests in patients with shoulder pain. Türkiye Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi, Cilt: 60 - Sayı: 3, 236–244. https://ajindex.com/articles/628790

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