OBJECTIVE To investigate shoulder pain incidence rates and selected risk factors for shoulder pain in competitive swimmers. DESIGN 12-month prospective cohort study. SETTING Five swimming clubs in Melbourne, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 74 (37 M, 37 F) competitive swimmers ranging in age from 11 to 27 years and performing at least five swim sessions per week. ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS Swimm...

We have been developing exoskeletal robots in order to assist the motion of physically weak persons such as elderly persons or handicapped persons. In our previous research, a prototype of a two degree of freedom exoskeletal robots for shoulder joint motion assist have been developed since the shoulder motion is especially important for people to take care of themselves in everyday life. In thi...

Upper-arm evaluation including shoulder motion in physiotherapy has no three-dimensional tool for an arm-functioning evaluation, which hampers an uniform, objective comparison. Human shoulder complex models suffer from lack of shoulder girdle kinematic data. A kinematic shoulder-complex model with six degrees of freedom is proposed as the composition of the inner joint representing the shoulder...

  Background: The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging for shoulder joint pathologies and then compare the results with arthroscopy, the standard for joint diagnosis. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 80 patients with shoulder joint disorders, who underwent final arthroscopy, were studied. Based on patients’ medical history and physic...

Background: Reconstructions of acute acromioclavicular (AC) dislocations have been thought to result in superioroutcomes than chronic dislocations. The use of tendon graft in reconstructions has demonstrated favorablebiomechanical properties. To determine whether utilizing tendon graft during repair of acute AC dislocations results insuperior outcomes and lower complication ra...

BACKGROUND Each year, thousands of children worldwide suffer obstetric brachial plexus nerve injuries resulting not only in primary nerve injury, but also in development of secondary muscle and bone deformities of the shoulder. The triangle tilt surgery has been developed and shown to effectively address these deformities. The triangle tilt procedure was initially designed by the lead author (R...

Dislocation of the shoulder joint is common. The shoulder is affected in up to 60% of all major joint dislocations, one study citing an incidence of 1.7% in the general population. The most common form is anteroinferior dislocation. A variety of techniques to reduce shoulder dislocation has been described. The key to successful relocation is a thorough understanding of the anatomy of both the e...

The occurrence of lateral capsular disruption as a cause of anterior shoulder instability has been reported previously. 1 It was suggested that this injury be considered in patients with instability and no injury or a minimal injury to the glenoid labrum. We now report the occurrence of lateral capsular disruption of the posterior aspect of the shoulder as a cause of pain and weakness. This Les...

  Background : Glenoid bone damages consisting of anterior rim erosion and bony avulsion are very important in decision making for treatment of recurrent dislocation in shoulder joint. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of these damages in patients with anterior recurrent shoulder dislocation.   Methods : The study was a cross-sectional study evaluating patients with unstable shou...

all organ systems may be affected by tuberculosis (tb) but tuberculosis arthritis is responsible for approximately 1% of tb patients. weight bearing joints such as hips and knees are most commonly affected; whereas involvement of sternoclavicular joint with tuberculosis is a very rare disease. in this case report we present a 63-year old woman with tuberculosis of the sternoclavicular joint. he...