Testing Shoulder Pain Mapping

Pain mapping for common shoulder disorders.

We conducted a study to ascertain specific patterns of pain in patients with common shoulder disorders and to describe a comprehensive shoulder pain map. We prospectively studied 94 cases involving an upper limb pain map and correlated the maps with the final diagnoses made by 2 clinicians who were blinded to the pain map findings. Pattern, severity, and type of pain were specific to each commo...

Shoulder pain in primary care: frozen shoulder.

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Frozen shoulder is a painful condition that follows a protracted clinical course. We aim to review the management of patients with a diagnosis of frozen shoulder who are referred for specialist orthopaedic evaluation against existing guidelines in primary care. ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM Referrals and clinical records were reviewed for all patients referred for orthopaedic spe...

Shoulder pain in hemiplegia.

Development of a painful shoulder in the hemiplegic patient is a significant and serious problem, because it can limit the patient's ability to reach his or her maximum functional potential. Several etiologies of shoulder pain have been identified, such as immobilization of the upper extremity, trauma to the joint structures, including brachial plexus injuries, and subluxation of the gleno-hume...

Shiatsu and Shoulder Pain

Adelaide Medical Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne developed a small research project with Shiatsu practitioner Anne Palmer, MRSS(T). For her MSc dissertation Anne evaluated the effectiveness of Shiatsu for patients with chronic shoulder pain. GPs at the centre, which is linked to the University of Newcastle, referred patients who came with this condition to Anne. Patients has the opportunity to jo...

Evaluation of shoulder pain.