Abstract

Objective: to assess the diagnostic efficacy of the most wide-spread radial methods of examination of non-traumatic injuries of the shoulder joint: X-ray, sonography and magnetic resonance tomography. Material and methods. Сalcific tendinosis was detected in 23 cases within 117 examined patients with degenerative-dystrophic diseases of shoulder joint. 15 patients were included into comparative group. Study results. There was carried out a comparative analysis of the results of radiological method of 23 joints within the patients with calcific tendinosis of the rotatory cuff and 30 joints within asymptomatic volunteers. The assessment of the informativity of radiography and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnostics of calcific tendinosis was given. Conclusion. We have proved the secondary character of appearance of signs of impingement syndrome in calcific tendinopathy and showed high information value of ultrasound in this injury.

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