Factors associated with failed conservative treatment in patients with degenerative full-thickness supraspinatus tears
Conservative treatment was effective in 77% of patients with a degenerative supraspinatus tear. Younger patients, manual workers, those with more painful shoulders, and those with a history of previous surgery in the contralateral shoulder were at a significantly increased risk of requiring surgery.
Authors
- Emílio Calvo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-6078)
- Cristina Delgado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2166-8264)
- Javier Fernández-Jara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3546-6356)
- Eulalia Valencia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6902-0120)
- Gonzalo Luengo‐Alonso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3516-5043)
- Natalia Martínez‐Catalán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7881-5873)
- Antonio M. Foruria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-7461)
- Santiago Gabardo-Calvo
Institutions
- Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Bone & Joint Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.107b12.bjj-2025-0742.r2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01