Reliable semiquantitative whole-joint MRI score for the shoulder joint: The shoulder osteoarthritis severity (SOAS) score

Abstract

BACKGROUND Shoulder osteoarthritis causes severe pain and functional disability. Preventive surgical procedures aiming to halt the progression of degenerative changes are increasingly applied. However, no MRI-based score exists that may be applied for scoring of osteoarthritic changes and their progression. PURPOSE To establish a semiquantitative MRI-based shoulder osteoarthritis severity (SOAS) evaluation system and to test its reliability. STUDY TYPE Retrospective. SUBJECTS A total of N = 60 patients (73.2 ± 7.3 years; 30/60 Show more