Table 3 Comparison of ultrasonography findings between painful shoulder and contralateral shoulder.

From: Ultrasonographic evaluation of chronic shoulder pain after breast cancer surgery: single center, cross-sectional study

 

Painful shoulder

Contralateral shoulder

P

Biceps tenosynovitis

24 (46.2%)

5 (9.6%)

< 0.001

Subscapularis tendinosis

6 (11.5%)

1 (1.9%)

0.112

Supraspinatus partial tear

24 (46.2%)

7 (13.5%)

< 0.001

Infraspinatus partial tear

2 (3.8%)

0

0.495

SASD bursitis

9 (17.3%)

4 (7.7%)

0.138

Glenohumeral joint synovitis

2 (3.8%)

0

0.495

Acromio-clavicular joint effusion

1 (1.9%)

0

1.000

Coracohumeral ligament thickness (mm)

2.48 ± 0.69

1.54 ± 1.25

< 0.001

Adhesive capsulitis

14 (26.9%)

0

< 0.001

Abnormal ultrasonography findings

39 (75.0%)

11 (21.2%)

< 0.001

  1. Continuous variables were presented as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. SASD subacromial-subdeltoid.
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