Reliability of point-of-care shoulder ultrasound measurements for subacromial impingement in asymptomatic participants — Frontiers in Rehabilitation Science

Yuan X, Lowder R, Avilles- Wetherell K, Skroce C, Yao K, Soo Hoo J

Rehabilitation is the key to management of patients with subacromial impingement syndrome to prevent disability and loss of function. While point-of-care musculoskeletal ultrasound aids clinical diagnosis of subacromial impingement syndrome, many patients do not demonstrate the classic findings of dynamic supraspinatus tendon impingement beneath the acromion on ultrasound. The objective of this study was to establish the most reliable shoulder ultrasound measurements for subacromial impingement, by evaluating the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of measurements in asymptomatic participants.

Yuan, X., Lowder, R., Aviles-Wetherell, K., Skroce, C., Yao, K. V., & Soo Hoo, J. (2022). Reliability of point-of-care shoulder ultrasound measurements for subacromial impingement in asymptomatic participants. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.964613