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Table 1 Over-all diagnostic values of clinical tests for shoulder pathology in recreational athletes.

From: Clinical and arthroscopic findings in recreationally active patients

Arthroscopy finding

Clinical preoperative test

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Likelihood Ratio

Over-all Accuracy (%)

SLAP lesion

Hawkins

30.0

53.3

41.7

40.7

0.64

41.1

 

Jobe's

60.0

35.6

50.8

44.4

0.93

48.4

 

Palm up

47.4

55.6

47.4

55.6

1.06

51.8

 

O'Brien's

64.0

43.2

56.1

51.4

1.13

54.3

 

Apprehension

28.6

68.9

50.0

47.0

0.92

47.9

 

Gerber's

12.2

86.7

50.0

47.6

0.92

47.9

Rotator cuff pathology

Hawkins

57.6

72.1

52.8

75.9

2.06

67.0

 

Jobe's

66.7

41.0

37.9

69.4

1.13

50.0

 

Palm up

45.5

62.3

39.5

67.9

1.21

56.4

 

O'Brien's

54.5

35.0

31.6

58.3

0.84

41.9

 

Apprehension

21.9

62.5

22.6

61.5

0.58

49.0

 

Gerber's

18.8

90.2

50.0

67.9

1.91

65.6

Labrum tear

Hawkins

26.3

59.2

13.9

76.3

0.65

52.6

 

Jobe's

57.9

36.8

18.6

77.8

0.92

41.1

 

Palm up

63.2

65.8

31.6

87.7

1.85

65.3

 

O'Brien's

63.2

40.0

21.1

81.1

1.05

44.7

 

Apprehension

31.6

70.7

21.4

80.3

1.07

62.8

 

Gerber's

20.0

88.9

50.0

66.7

1.80

64.3

Bankart lesion

Apprehension

79.2

87.1

67.9

92.4

6.16

85.1

Hill Sachs

Apprehension

81.3

80.8

46.4

95.5

4.23

80.9

  1. NPV = Negative predictive value.
  2. PPV = Positive predictive value.