Table 1 Basic information of the subjects from included studies
Study | No. of patients | No. of shoulders | Mean age (age, range) | Gender (M/F) | Clinical indication of shoulder | Methods | Final diagnosis of included patients | Muscle tendon | QUADAS-2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fritz et al. (2007) | 238 | 238 | 43 (18–79) | 150/80 | Underwent arthroscopic or open surgical evaluation | MRI | Bursal-sided PT | SSP-ISP | 8 |
Magee et al. (2009) | 150 | 150 | 31 (14–50) | 109/49 | Shoulder pain | MRA/MRI | Bursal-sided PT | SSP | 11 |
Oh et al. (2009) | 36 | 36 | 53.9 (20–77) | 16/20 | Scheduled for shoulder arthroscopic surgery | MRA | Bursal-sided PT | SSP-ISP/SSC | 9 |
Chun et al. (2010) | 202 | 202 | 51 | 110/92 | Shoulder pain over 3 years | MRA | Bursal-sided PT | All | 10 |
Choo et al. (2012) | 49 | 49 | 55.6 (19–71) | 22/27 | Shoulder discomfort | MRA | Bursal-sided PT | All | 9 |
Modi et al. (2013) | 103 | 103 | 30 (15–79) | 76/27 | Shoulder pain or instability symptom | MRA | Bursal-sided PT | All | 9 |
Lee et al. (2014) | 205 | 206 | 56.5 (1–78) | 98/107 | Undergone indirect shoulder MRA followed by arthroscopic surgery | MRA | Bursal-sided PT | SSC/SSP-ISP | 11 |
Choo et al. (2015) | 231 | 231 | 59 (21–81) | 97/134 | Shoulder discomfort | MRA | Bursal-sided PT | SSP-ISP | 7 |
Farshad-Amacker et al. (2015) | 37 | 37 | 47 (26–60) | 26/11 | Symptomatic shoulder | MRI | Bursal-sided PT | SSP | 9 |
Lee et al. (2015) | 333 | 333 | 56.9 (17–80) | 160/173 | Suspected of having rotator cuff lesion | MRA/MRI | Bursal-sided PT | SSP-ISP/SSC | 10 |
Lo et al. (2016) | 146 | 146 | 48.3 (19–86) | 95/51 | NR | MRI | Bursal-sided PT | All | 11 |
Perez et al. (2018) | 10 | 10 | 16.7 (14–18) | 10/0 | Shoulder pathology | MRI | Bursal-sided PT | All | 11 |