Shoulder pain after stroke: case report and review

Shoulder pain after stroke: case report and review.

Acupuncture for shoulder pain after stroke: a systematic review.

OBJECTIVES Shoulder pain, for which acupuncture has been used, is a common complication after a stroke that interferes with the function of the upper extremities. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize and evaluate the effects of acupuncture for shoulder pain after stroke. METHODS Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving the effects of acupuncture for shoulder pain, published ...

Shoulder pain and subluxation after stroke: correlation or coincidence?

OBJECTIVE Few studies have concomitantly examined shoulder subluxation and other potential causes of shoulder pain in persons who have had a stroke. This study explores whether shoulder pain after stroke is related to shoulder subluxation, age, limitations in shoulder range of motion, and upper extremity motor impairment. METHOD Shoulder pain was measured with a visual analog scale in 20 subj...

The application of sonography in shoulder pain evaluation and injection treatment after stroke: a systematic review

[Purpose] This review article is designed to expose the application of sonography in shoulder pain after stroke. [Methods] A range of databases was searched to identify articles that address sonography examination, with or without ultrasound guided corticosteroid injection for hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP). The electronic databases of PubMed, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Medline were sea...

Shoulder pain after stroke: a prospective population-based study.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Shoulder pain is a well-known complication after stroke, but data on prevalence, predictors, and outcome in unselected stroke populations are limited. METHODS During a 1-year period, 416 first-ever stroke patients were included in the population-based Lund Stroke Register. After 4 months, 327 patients were followed up and 1 year later, the surviving 305 patients were fo...