Study design: Prospective cohort study including patients with shoulder pain in primary care physiotherapy. Background: There is an increased tendency to use diagnostic ultrasound to aid the diagnostic strategy and target treatment. It is a relatively cheap and accessible imaging technique but the implications …

This review describes the exact standard reference values for measurements of the supraspinatus tendon and muscle obtained by muskuloskeletal ultrasound, magentic resonance imaging and cadaveric studies.