Takehiro Kijima1, Keisuke Matsuki2, Nobuyasu Ochiai3, Takeshi Yamaguchi3, Yu Sasaki3, Eiko Hashimoto3, Yasuhito Sasaki3, Hironori Yamazaki4, Tomonori Kenmoku5, Satoshi Yamaguchi3, Yoshitada Masuda6, Hideo Umekita6, Scott A Banks7, Kazuhisa Takahashi3. 1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: kijima0602@yahoo.co.jp. 2. Shoulder and Elbow Center, Funabashi Orthopedic Hospital, Chiba, Japan. 3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. 4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, Japan. 5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan. 6. Department of Radiology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. 7. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Alteration in shoulder kinematics has been suggested as one cause of symptoms in shoulders with rotator cuff tears (RCTs). However, only a few studies comparing symptomatic and asymptomatic RCTs using kinematic analysis have been performed. The purpose of this study was to compare 3-dimensional (3D) scapular and glenohumeral kinematics during scapular-plane abduction among symptomatic RCTs, asymptomatic RCTs, and healthy shoulders. METHODS: This study included 7 healthy shoulders in subjects with a mean age of 62 years, 5 symptomatic RCTs in subjects with a mean age of 70 years, and 7 asymptomatic RCTs in subjects with a mean age of 67 years. All shoulders with RCTs had medium-sized tears (1-3 cm in the coronal plane) that were confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging. Biplane fluoroscopic images during scapular-plane abduction were recorded, and computed tomography-derived 3D bone models were matched with the silhouettes of the bones on the fluoroscopic images using 3D/2-dimensional model-image registration techniques. Angular values of the scapula and glenohumeral kinematics were compared among the 3 groups. RESULTS: Posterior tilt of the scapula was significantly smaller in the symptomatic RCTs (3.1° ± 1.8°) than in healthy shoulders (10.4° ± 0.8°) (P = .049). The humerus of the symptomatic shoulders was less externally rotated relative to the scapula throughout the activity than the healthy shoulders and asymptomatic RCTs (P = .006 and P = .028 respectively). However, there were no kinematic differences between the asymptomatic RCTs and healthy shoulders. CONCLUSION: Kinematic changes in symptomatic RCTs might be associated with development of symptoms. Improvement of these kinematic changes may be a key to successful conservative treatment for symptomatic RCTs.
BACKGROUND: Alteration in shoulder kinematics has been suggested as one cause of symptoms in shoulders with rotator cuff tears (RCTs). However, only a few studies comparing symptomatic and asymptomatic RCTs using kinematic analysis have been performed. The purpose of this study was to compare 3-dimensional (3D) scapular and glenohumeral kinematics during scapular-plane abduction among symptomatic RCTs, asymptomatic RCTs, and healthy shoulders. METHODS: This study included 7 healthy shoulders in subjects with a mean age of 62 years, 5 symptomatic RCTs in subjects with a mean age of 70 years, and 7 asymptomatic RCTs in subjects with a mean age of 67 years. All shoulders with RCTs had medium-sized tears (1-3 cm in the coronal plane) that were confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging. Biplane fluoroscopic images during scapular-plane abduction were recorded, and computed tomography-derived 3D bone models were matched with the silhouettes of the bones on the fluoroscopic images using 3D/2-dimensional model-image registration techniques. Angular values of the scapula and glenohumeral kinematics were compared among the 3 groups. RESULTS: Posterior tilt of the scapula was significantly smaller in the symptomatic RCTs (3.1° ± 1.8°) than in healthy shoulders (10.4° ± 0.8°) (P = .049). The humerus of the symptomatic shoulders was less externally rotated relative to the scapula throughout the activity than the healthy shoulders and asymptomatic RCTs (P = .006 and P = .028 respectively). However, there were no kinematic differences between the asymptomatic RCTs and healthy shoulders. CONCLUSION: Kinematic changes in symptomatic RCTs might be associated with development of symptoms. Improvement of these kinematic changes may be a key to successful conservative treatment for symptomatic RCTs.
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