| Study Method | n | | | Ground Truth | Major Findings | Blinded | ICC/Kappa | Notes | Publication |
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| Measured CHL in asx, painful and adhesive capsulitis groups. | 121 - asx; | 360 - painful; | 17 - adh capsulitis by arthroscopy | Arthroscopy, clinical sxs | CHL = 1.34 vs 1.39 vs 3 mm in thickness | Not specified | | Single sonographer, 20yrs experience | Homsi C, Bordalo-Rodrigues M, da Silva JJ, Stump XM. Ultrasound in adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder: is assessment of the coracohumeral ligament a valuable diagnostic tool? Skeletal Radiol. 2006 Sep;35(9):673-8. Epub 2006 May 25. PubMed PMID: 16724200. |
| Measured CHL, evaluated rotator interval | 30 age and sex matched controls; | 30 - painful; | 30 adh capsulitis by clinical and MRI | MRI | 0.38(0.09) vs 0.53(0.18) vs 1.2 (0.35) mm, 0.7 mm cut off for best ROC, 90% hypoechoic soft tissue in AC group, 10% increased vascularity in AC group | Blinded | 0.961 for CHL | Two independent msk radiologists with more than 10 yrs experience, arm was externally rotated, proposed 0.7 as cutoff | Tandon A, Dewan S, Bhatt S, Jain AK, Kumari R. Sonography in diagnosis of adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder: a case-control study. J Ultrasound. 2017 Aug 21;20(3):227-236. doi: 10.1007/s40477-017-0262-5. eCollection 2017 Sep. PubMed PMID: 28900523; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5573706. |
| Measured IGHL on symtomatic shoulder and compared to contralateral shoulder | 20 contralateral asx shoulder; | | 20 symptomatic shoulders | Expert opinion after ultrasound and few MRI | IGHL = 1.3 mm vs 4 mm | Not specified | | Single radiologist, 6 years experience | Michelin P, Delarue Y, Duparc F, Dacher JN. Thickening of the inferior glenohumeral capsule: an ultrasound sign for shoulder capsular contracture. Eur Radiol. 2013 Oct;23(10):2802-6. doi: 10.1007/s00330-013-2874-2. Epub 2013 May 8. PubMed PMID: 23652851. |
| US of rotator interval | 10 asx; | 100 rotator cuff tears; | 30 adh capsulitis | Clinical diagnosis | 26/30 hypoechoic soft tissue and increased Doppler in rot interval, 0 in control and 92/100 in RC group had tendinosis | Not specified | | Experienced sonographer and radiologist | Lee JC, Sykes C, Saifuddin A, Connell D. Adhesive capsulitis: sonographic changes in the rotator cuff interval with arthroscopic correlation. Skeletal Radiol. 2005 Sep;34(9):522-7. Epub 2005 Jul 6. PubMed PMID: 15999280. |
| Compared gliding of supraspinatus tendon (abn vs nl) to capsule distention after injecting up to 25 cc of contrast | | | 67 - non specific pain and decr ROM | MR positive by CH and capsule measurements | 47 restricted, 20 non-restricted. 10.7 (3.31) ml vs 22.0 (6.29) ml, 40/47 vs 2/20 MR positive | Not specified | | Two radiologists with 10 and 5 yrs of experience, typos, check statistics | Kim I, Yi JH, Lee J, Bae JH, Lim JK, Yoon JP, Jeon IH. Limited subacromial gliding of the supraspinatus tendon during dynamic ultrasonography can predict a decrease in capacity and MR arthrographic features of the shoulder joint. Eur radiol. 2012 Nov;22(11):2365-70. doi: 10.1007/s00330-012-2513-3. Epub 2012 Aug 17. PubMed PMID: 22898934. |
| Measured CHL, evaluated elasticity | 30 asx (32-2- CHL not seen); | | 20 clinically sxs (22-2 CHL not seen) | | 2.0(1.7-2.1)mm vs 3.1 (2.4-3.4) mm; elastic modulus in ext rot: 243.7 (203.2-307.8) vs 285.3 (233.1-317.8) | Not specified | Re-evaluated in 3 days | Shoulder externally rotated, one physiatrist with 8 yrs experience, tables include comparison of both sides in each group | Wu CH, Chen WS, Wang TG. Elasticity of the Coracohumeral Ligament in Patients with Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder. Radiology. 2016 Feb;278(2):458-64. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2015150888. Epub 2015 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 26323030. |