AIMS To determine the predictiveness of personal and occupational factors for the onset of shoulder pain in occupations requiring repetitive work. METHODS A sample of 598 workers in five activity sectors completed a self administered questionnaire in 1993-94 and again three years later. Both questionnaires included questions about shoulder pain. The associations between various factors at bas...

OBJECTIVE To describe and determine the intertester reliability of a newly developed classification system of shoulder syndrome recognition. DESIGN Intertester reliability study. SETTING Fourteen primary care physiotherapy clinics. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred and fifty-five patients with shoulder pain. Inclusion criterion: presence of shoulder pain aring within the glenohumeral or associated...

pancoast tumor accounts for 3%-5% of all non-small cell lung carcinomas. this tumor has a distinct clinical presentation through local invasion and the resulting clinical entity called pancoast syndrome. this syndrome includes severe shoulder pain, arm pain, and horner’s syndrome andatrophy of forearm and hand muscles. the differential diagnosis of arm and shoulder pain is extensive. thoracic o...

background: to explain the role of arthroscopic release in intractable frozen shoulders. we used different questionnaires and measuring tools to understand whether arthroscopic release is the superior modality to treat patients with intractable frozen shoulders. methods: between 2007 and 2013, in a prospective study, we enrolled 80 patients (52 females and 28 males) with recalcitrant frozen sho...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of shoulder pain and dysfunction in patients from Southern Brazil with diabetes mellitus (DM) and to evaluate the association of pain and dysfunction with diabetes control and epidemiological factors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We studied 150 patients with type 2 DM for pain and shoulder dysfunction with the UCLA-m (modified University of California at Los Angeles ...

BACKGROUND Suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) is commonly used in pain therapy for patients with chronic shoulder pain. The effect of SSNB on shoulder function has, however, not been investigated so far. If in shoulder function, i.e. the range of motion is increased after application of the nerve block, it can be expected that subsequent physiotherapy, besides being less painful, is also more eff...

The annual prevalence and incidence of people consulting for a shoulder condition is about 2.4% in the UK [1]. Shoulder pain in the population is also a longterm disabling symptom with about 50% complaining of symptoms 3 years after onset[2]. Common conditions that can result in chronic shoulder pain include rotator cuff disorders, frozen shoulder, shoulder instability, and shoulder arthritis. ...

If a patient asks 'why does my shoulder hurt?' the conversation will quickly turn to scientific theory and sometimes unsubstantiated conjecture. Frequently, the clinician becomes aware of the limits of the scientific basis of their explanation, demonstrating the incompleteness of our understanding of the nature of shoulder pain. This review takes a systematic approach to help answer fundamental...