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Table 5 Shoulder ultrasound sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy in relation to shoulder MRI

From: Clinical and radiological assessment of hemiplegic shoulder pain in stroke patients

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

Adhesive capsulitis

90.9%

94.2%

86.9%

94.2%

93.2%

Subacromial/Subdeltoid bursitis

82.6%

98%

95%

92.5%

93.2%

Bicipital tendinitis

93.9%

97.5%

96.8%

95.2%

95.9%

shoulder subluxation

80%

85.9%

52.9%

96.4%

85.1%

Gleno-humeral joint effusion

88.5%

100%

100%

90.6%

94.5%

A-C joint capsular hypertrophy

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Rotator cuff disorders

     

 Full thickness tear

75%

97.1%

50%

98.5%

95.9%

 Partial thickness tear

80%

97.1%

66.6%

98.5%

98.6%

 Tendinitis

83.3%

95.5%

62.5%

98.4%

94.5%

 Atrophy

75%

98.5%

75%

98.5%

97.2%

 Total

78.9%

85.4%

65.2%

92.1%

83.7%

  1. A-C acromio-clavicular; PPV positive predictive value; NPV negative predictive value