ARE CRANIOCERVICAL FLEXION TEST AND THE PECTORALIS MINOR INDEX USEFUL TESTS FOR PATIENTS WITH SUBACROMIAL PAIN SYNDROME?

Determinants of the shoulder pain and disability index in patients with subacromial shoulder pain.

OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of determinants on the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. Baseline registrations were applied. PATIENTS Two hundred patients with subacromial shoulder pain lasting at least 3 months. METHODS A questionnaire consisting of possible determinants, 2 independent variables regarding pain and 2 regarding function, and the outcom...

Pectoralis Minor Syndrome: Subclavicular Brachial Plexus Compression

The diagnosis of brachial plexus compression-either neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (NTOS) or neurogenic pectoralis minor syndrome (NPMS)-is based on old fashioned history and physical examination. Tests, such as scalene muscle and pectoralis minor muscle blocks are employed to confirm a diagnosis suspected on clinical findings. Electrodiagnostic studies can confirm a diagnosis of nerve com...

the past hospitalization and its association with suicide attempts and ideation in patients with mdd and comparison with bmd (depressed type) group

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Pectoralis Minor Syndrome: Case Presentation and Review of the Literature

We present a case of a healthy young female with axillary vein compression caused by the pectoralis minor muscle. Diagnosis was made by clinical findings and dynamic venography. After pectoralis minor tenotomy, the patient had total resolution of her symptoms. Compression of the axillary vein by the pectoralis minor is a rare entity that needs a careful exam and imaging to reach its diagnosis a...

liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver diseases: are laboratory tests useful to diagnosis?