Affiliations: Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain. 2 Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain. Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain. 5 Nutrition and Metabolism Nutritional Epidemiology Group, International Agenc...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the impact that Academic Detailing (AD) had on General Practitioners' use of diagnostic imaging for shoulder complaints in general practice and their knowledge and confidence to manage shoulder pain. METHODS One-to-one Academic Detailing (AD) for management of shoulder pain was delivered to 87 General Practitioners (GPs) in metropolitan Adelaide,...

It is well known that psychological stress affects health status. Stiff neck and shoulder in a broad sense is one of the major somatic complaints among Japanese. The objective was to determine how much perceived stress and stiff neck/shoulder are associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) by gender. Participants (n = 512) completed the Japanese version of Perceived Stress Scale, the...

BACKGROUND There is minimal research on demographics, type of injury and diagnosis of injured workers with shoulder problems. The purposes of this study were: 1) to document the demographics of patients with shoulder complaints referred to an Early Shoulder Physician Assessment (ESPA) Program and to describe the recommended management, and 2) to examine the relationship between patient characte...

To evaluate the ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect shoulder abnormalities 18 patients (36 shoulders) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and shoulder complaints were studied. Osseous abnormalities of the glenoid and humeral head were readily detected with MRI. The imaging planes used were not suitable for the evaluation of acromioclavicular joint involvement. Magnetic resonance im...

Shoulder pain is one of the leading complaints of athletes seeking care from sports medicine physicians. Differential diagnosis includes a spectrum of orthopedic and nonorthopedic problems. In individuals who report acute atraumatic onset of shoulder pain followed by weakness, brachial neuritis should be considered. Brachial neuritis is an uncommon, idiopathic syndrome that typically affects th...

Nasopharyngeal cancer: EHNS–ESMO–ESTRO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up A. T. C. Chan, V. Grégoire, J.-L. Lefebvre, L. Licitra & E. Felip On behalf of the EHNS–ESMO–ESTRO Guidelines Working Group* Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University, Hong Kong; Department of Radiation Oncology, St-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Bel...

David Garcı́a-Dorado Garcı́a, Javier Dı́ez, Juan Cinca, Jaume Marrugat, and Francisco Fernández-Avilés Dı́az* a Servicio de Cardiologı́a, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain c Servicio de Cardiologı́a, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain d Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions M...