| To determine the presence of diseases and determine | | | | require needles and is painless. Using magnetic waves, |
| the line of treatment diagnostic tests are advised. | | | | it shows pictures of tendons and bones. It scans the |
| There are many diagnostic tests that are appropriate | | | | soft rotator cuff tissues and can detect most full |
| for rotator cuff syndrome. | | | | thickness tears. This test is performed to determine |
| Magnetic resonance imaging is a modern diagnostic | | | | whether the patient would need surgery or not. |
| test and rotator cuff MRI is used to determine the | | | | However, there are certain disadvantages of it. It is |
| extent of rotator cuff impingement. Other tests for | | | | contraindicated for certain people. This test is totally |
| rotator cuff impingement are x-ray, ultra sound, and | | | | not applicable for people that have a cardiac |
| magnetic resonance anthography. Rotator cuff MRI is | | | | pacemaker, ferromagnetic foreign bodies (particularly in |
| believed to be an effective test to detect most rotator | | | | the orbit), and some cochlear implants. |
| cuff tears. | | | | Rotator cuff MRI is costly in comparison to ultra sound |
| No single diagnostic test can determine decisively | | | | and x-rays. This test is also not very effective in |
| about the extent of rotator tear and even if any test | | | | determining the presence of small tears. Some patients |
| does so it will not be able to do so in all cases. These | | | | become highly claustrophobic in closed MRI scanners. |
| tests work well when they are conducted in | | | | They will have to be administered mild sedatives or put |
| conjunction with one another. Each test has its own | | | | in open MRI scanners before the test. Despite the |
| advantage and disadvantage. | | | | short comings rotator cuff MRI gets a good overall |
| The advantages of rotator cuff MRI is that it doesn't | | | | rating. |