Evaluation Coroacromial Ligament Thickness

Suleyman Demirel University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain

Treatments: Device: magnetic resonance imaging

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03546777

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Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, it was aimed to determine the relationship between pathologic findings and coracoacromial ligament thickness in magnetic resonance imaging in shoulder pain patients.

Full description

The coracoacromial ligament, which is part of the coracoacromial arch, plays an important role in shoulder biomechanics, joint stability and proprioception. Age-related changes due to chronic stress and cellular impairment may contribute to thickening and stiffening of the coracoacromial ligament to rupture the rotator cuff and development of shoulder pathologies such as impingement syndrome. In this study, it was aimed to determine the relationship between pathologic findings and coracoacromial ligament thickness in magnetic resonance imaging in shoulder pain patients. Secondary purpose is whether the thickness of the coracoacromial ligament is indicative of shoulder pathologies.

Enrollment: 253 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged over 15 years diagnosed with shoulder pain

Exclusion criteria

• Sensation and reflexes loss in the upper extremity
• Limitation in passive shoulder movements on physical examination
• Systemic rheumatic disease
• Diabetes mellitus
• Malignant disease
• Active infection
• Intraarticular injection
• Trauma
• History of surgery