Clinical Evaluation, Treatment and Return to Work of Workers Suffering from Rotator Cuff Disorders

Mission To contribute, through research, to the prevention of industrial accidents and occupational diseases and to the rehabilitation of affected workers; To disseminate knowledge and serve as a scientific reference centre and expert; To provide the laboratory services and expertise required to support the public occupational health and safety network. [...] A partial tear of the RC consists of the fraying of one or more of its tendons, while a full-thickness tear is an injury that crosses the full thickness of the tendon. [...] The HSROC model allows the results of different diagnostic studies to be pooled and synthesized, while taking into account the variability between (inter-) and within (intra-) the studies.19-22 The analyses using the HSROC model were performed using “R,” the free software environment for statistical computing ( version 3.0.2) to produce overall estimates of the Sn and Sp f [...] The importance of diagnostic accuracy thus depends only on the implications of the entire set of clinical variables and deficits in the clinical decision. [...] Self-report questionnaires, performance tests and mixed tools (1) The first inclusion criterion for the studies concerned the population under study; the population (all or part) had to present with a RC disorder; (2) for inclusion in the systematic reviews, the studies had to focus on one of the following self-report questionnaires on the shoulder or upper extremities: Disabilities of the Arm, Sh