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Table 5 Diagnostic Efficacy According to Lesion Types

From: Accuracy of MRI in diagnosing intra-articular pathology of the long head of the biceps tendon: results with a large cohort of patients

(%)

Type I

Type II

Type III

Type IV

 

1 sign

2 signs

1 sign

2 signs

1 sign

2 signs

Sensitivity

72.8

68.4%

57.9%

83.7%

74.4%

100.0%

100.0%

Specificity

85.2

72.8%

92.0%

72.8%

92.0%

72.8%

92.0%

Accuracy

75.6

72.6%

90.5%

73.8%

90.4%

74.3%

92.5%

PPVa

94.2

10.1%

24.4%

23.7%

48.5%

18.3%

43.3%

NPVa

48.4

98.1%

98.0%

97.8%

97.3%

100.0%

100.0%

  1. aPPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value