Abstract
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Identify coexisting conditions that resulted in poor outcomes.
Summarize success rates of treatments in the study population.
Match sonographic findings to tendon pathology.
Pathology or injury affecting the long head of the biceps brachii tendon primarily presents as Medial shoulder pain Posterior shoulder pain Lateral shoulder pain Anterior shoulder pain
Which of the following results in limited mobility of the long head of the biceps brachii? Adhesions in the tendon sheath Chronic tenosynovitis Mucopolysaccharide infiltration Development of scar tissue
Sonographic findings of a markedly enlarged, hypoechoic, or hyperemic tendons indicated Intratendon fissuring Subacromial bursitis Severe tendinopathy Tenosynovitis
Patients with _________ were strongly associated with a poor outcome. Fibromyalgia Full-thickness tear Impingement syndromes Tenosynovitis
Participants with a known history of ___________were excluded. Rheumatoid arthritis Fibromyalgia Ipsilateral malignancy Tendon rupture
A complete response was reported in ______ of patients following ultrasound-guided injection. 19.1% 48.4% 53.0% 74.2%
Usually, combinations of all non-operative interventions resolve symptoms for ________ of patients. 19% 25% 53% 75%