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Table 4 Requirement of weighted panoramic views

From: The acutely injured acromioclavicular joint – which imaging modalities should be used for accurate diagnosis? A systematic review

Authors

Year of publication

Study design/level of evidence

Number of patients

Classification

Kind of imaging? Pro weighted or pro non-weighted?

Justification

Bossart et al. [11]

1988

Diagnostic study/IV

83

Tossy

Weighted vs. non-weighted bilateral comparative x-rays.

Pro non-weighted.

„use of weighted radiographs lacks efficacy in unmasking grade III AC sprains on radiograph “ [11]

Ibrahim et al. [12]

2015

Retrospective case series/IV

59

Rockwood

Weighted vs. non-weighted bilateral comparative x-rays.

Pro weighted.

“value of bilateral weighted views is to ‘unmask’ a grade V injury“ [12]

Izadpanah et al. [13]

2013

Diagnostic study/IV

10

Rockwood

Non-weighted x-ray vs. weighted x-ray and non-weighted mri vs. weighted mri

Pro weighted.

“application of stress (...) enables a partial rupture to be dis-tinguished from a complete ligamental rupture“ [13]