O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION

M. Maier; C. Schulz; T. Maier-Bosse; H.J. Refior

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.86BSUPP_III.0860263e

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O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION

M. Maier
C. Schulz
T. Maier-Bosse
H.J. Refior

O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION

Maier M, Schulz C, Maier-Bosse T, Refior H. O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION. Orthop Procs. 2004;86-B(SUPP_III):263-263. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.86BSUPP_III.0860263e

Maier, M., et al. “O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings, vol. 86-B, no. SUPP_III, 2004, pp. 263-263., https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.86BSUPP_III.0860263e

Maier, M., Schulz, C., Maier-Bosse, T., & Refior, H. (2004). O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 86-B(SUPP_III), 263-263. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.86BSUPP_III.0860263e

Maier, M., Schulz, C., Maier-Bosse, T. and Refior, H. (2004) “O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings, 86-B(SUPP_III), pp. 263-263. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.86BSUPP_III.0860263e

Maier, M., C. Schulz, T. Maier-Bosse, and H.J. Refior. “O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings 86-B, no. SUPP_III (2004): 263-263. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.86BSUPP_III.0860263e

Maier M, Schulz C, Maier-Bosse T, Refior H. O1381 CALCIFYING TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER – INTRA- AND INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITIES OF GÄRTNER’S CLASSIFICATION. Orthop Procs. 2004 Mar 1;86-B(SUPP_III):263-263. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.86BSUPP_III.0860263e

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Aims: The roentgenologic morphology of symptomatic calcified deposits of the rotator cuff can be classified according Gärtner (1993, Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgebiete 131: 461–469). This classification influences therapeutic procedures and prognosis of clinical outcome in these patients. In the present study intraoberserver-reproducibility and interobserver-reliability of Gärtner’s classification were tested. Methods: Plane radiographs of 100 patients with calcifications of the supraspinatus tendon were classified according the criteria of Gärtner by six independent observers twice within four months. Intrao-berserver-reproducibility and interobserver-reliability were calculated by means of Cohen’s-kappa-index. Results: Kappa-values of intraoberserver-reproducibility had a mean of 0.4208 (SD 0.1299), kappavalues of interobserver-reliability were 0.490 for the first and 0.474 for the second classification. Conclusions: Determination of intraoberserverreproducibility gave insufficient to satisfactory results, interobserver-reliability was sufficient. The clinical use of Gärtner’s classification to plan therapeutic procedures or to determine clinical prognosis in patients with calcifying tendinitis can be recommended only with limitations.

Theses abstracts were prepared by Professor Dr. Frantz Langlais. Correspondence should be addressed to him at EFORT Central Office, Freihofstrasse 22, CH-8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland.