Background: Frozen shoulder is resulting in limb disability and reduction of quality of life but the factors associated with patients’ disability and quality of life is not clear. To assess pain, disability, the quality of life and factors associated with them in patients suffering from frozen shoulder.  Methods: We enrolled 120 patients (37 men and 83 women) with phase-II idiopathic frozen sh...

Background: Identifying the predisposing factors of neck and shoulder complaints and finding solutions to avoid them could improve the occupational health condition of the nurses. In this study, we aimed at determining the role of psychological and physical occupational factors in developing neck and shoulder complaints among the participants.   Methods: This analytic cross-sectional st...

simultaneous dislocation of shoulder and humeral shaft fracture is a rare injury, and there is no clear protocol for its treatment. herein we present a case of a 15-year-old boy, who suffered from a job-related accident and sustained fracture of humeral shaft associated with ipsilateral anterior shoulder dislocation and fracture of greater tuberosity 15 years ago. he received closed reduction o...

PURPOSE To evaluate the correlations between three patient-assessed shoulder instability scales before and after Latarjet stabilisation for traumatic anteroinferior glenohumeral instability. METHODS Records of 30 men and 2 women (mean age, 26.7 years) who had not undergone surgery for antero-inferior shoulder instability and records of 31 men and one woman (mean age, 27 years) who had undergo...

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence, prevalence, and consultation rates of patients with shoulder complaints in general practice in the Netherlands during 10 years following initial presentation. METHODS A primary care database with an average population of 30,000 patients per year aged 18 years or older was used to select patients who consulted their general practitioner (GP) with shoulder comp...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore and analyse the experience of living with long-term neck/shoulder pain and its effect on daily life. DESIGN A thematic interview study with emergent design. SUBJECTS Twelve patients in primary care (6 women and 6 men) with long-term neck/shoulder pain. METHODS Thematic interviews analysed using grounded theory. RESULTS A conceptual model em...

BACKGROUND The role of sex as an important biological determinant of vulnerability to sustaining injury and gender as a social determinate of access to resources, referral for medical care and perceived disability remains conflicted in injured workers. The purpose of this study was to examine sex and gender disparity following a compensable work-related shoulder injury. METHODS This study inv...

More than 200 different operations have been described for the treatment of recurrent anterior dislocation of shoulder. The Latarjet procedure employs rerouting of the osteotomised coracoid process with its attached conjoined tendon through a split in the substance of subscapularis and fixed to the antero inferior aspect of glenoid rim. Since 2011 Latarjet procedure was performed on 30 patients...

BACKGROUND Shoulder activity level may be a risk factor for shoulder instability, an indication for surgical intervention, and a risk factor for failure of operative stabilization. HYPOTHESIS Patients undergoing shoulder stabilization surgery have a higher activity level compared with sex- and age-matched healthy controls. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 2. M...

background: there are some challenges about the role of work- related stress on development of musculoskeletal complaints. the present prospective study was conducted on nurses of milad hospital in tehran (iran) to assess the role of work- related stress on development of neck and shoulder pain among nurses.   methods: from the 1,900 nurses who completed the registry forms, 1,450 nurses met the...