Title The Evaluation of Supraspinatus Muscle of Patients with Rotator Cuff Tearon Magnetic Resonance Imaging

We examined the intensity of the supraspinetus muscles of patients with a rotator cuff tear in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) findings. 109 shoulders in patients with ro-tator cuff tears were preoperatively scanned by MRIs. Using MRIs, the linear bands of the supraspinatus muscle were classified into three grades. Between each grade the following were examined; the age, the disease contraction period, the distribution of large tears and reruptures, and those chosen for patch graft method, as well as the postoperative JOA scores.